日期：2008-11-14 Today's Highlight in History: On April 25th, 1945, delegates from some 50 countries met in San Francisco to organize the United Nations. On this date: In 1792, highwayman Nicolas Jacques Pelletier became the first person under French law to be execu... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-11-14 Today's Highlight in History: April 23rd, 1564, is believed to be the birthdate of English poet and dramatist William Shakespeare; he died 52 years later, also on April 23rd. On this date: In 1348, King Edward the Third of England established the Or... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-11-14 Today's Highlight in History: On April 22nd, 1970, millions of Americans concerned about the environment observed the first Earth Day. On this date: In 1509, Henry the Eighth ascended the throne of England following the death of his father, Henry th... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-11-14 Today's Highlight in History: On April 21st, 1910, author Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, died in Redding, Connecticut. On this date: In 1649, the Maryland Toleration Act, which provided for freedom of worship for all Christian... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-11-14 Today's Highlight in History: One year ago, on April 20th, 1999, students Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold shot and killed 12 classmates and one teacher before taking their own lives at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. On this date: In 183... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-11-14 Today's Highlight in History: Five years ago, on April 19th, 1995, a truck bomb destroyed the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, killing 168 people and injuring hundreds. Timothy McVeigh was later convicted of federal murder charges... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-11-14 Today's Highlight in History: On April 18th, 1775, Paul Revere began his famous ride from Charlestown to Lexington, Massachusetts, warning American colonists that the British were coming. On this date: In 1906, a devastating earthquake struck San Fr... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-11-14 Today's Highlight in History: On April 17th, 1961, about 1500 CIA-trained Cuban exiles launched the disastrous Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in a failed attempt to overthrow the government of Fidel Castro. On this date: In 1492, a contract was signed... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-11-14 Today's Highlight in History: On April 16, 1947, financier and presidential confidant Bernard M. Baruch said in a speech at the South Carolina statehouse: Let us not be deceived -- we are today in the midst of a cold war. On this date: In 1789, Pres... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-11-14 Today's Highlight in History: In the early hours of April 15th, 1912, the British luxury liner Titanic sank in the North Atlantic off Newfoundland, less than three hours after striking an iceberg. About 1500 people died. On this date: In 1817, the f... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-11-14 Today's Highlight in History: On April 14th, 1865, President Lincoln was shot and mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth while attending the comedy Our American Cousin at Ford's Theater in Washington. (Lincoln died the following morning.) On this dat... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-11-14 Today's Highlight in History: On April 13th, 1970, Apollo 13, four-fifths of the way to the moon, was crippled when a tank containing liquid oxygen burst. (The astronauts managed to return safely.) On this date: In 1742, Handel's Messiah was first p... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-11-14 Today's Highlight in History: On April 12, 1861, the American Civil War began as Confederate forces fired on Fort Sumter in South Carolina. On this date: In 1606, England adopted as its flag the original version of the Union Jack. In 1862, Union vol... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-11-14 Today's Highlight in History: On April eleventh, 1970, Apollo 13 blasted off on its ill-fated mission to the moon. (The astronauts managed to return safely). On this date: In 1689, William the Third and Mary the Second were crowned as joint sovereig... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-11-14 Today's Highlight in History: On April tenth, 1925, the novel The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, was first published by Scribner's of New York. On this date: In 1847, American newspaperman Joseph Pulitzer was born in Mako, Hungary. In 1866, t... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-11-14 Today's Highlight in History: On April eighth, 1974, Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves hit his 715th career home run in a game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, breaking Babe Ruth's record. On this date: In 1513, explorer Juan Ponce de Leon claimed Fl... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-11-14 Today's Highlight in History: On April seventh, 1927, an audience in New York saw an image of Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover in the first successful long-distance demonstration of television. On this date: In 1862, Union forces led by General Uly... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-11-14 Today's Highlight in History: On April sixth, 1909, explorers Robert E. Peary and Matthew A. Henson became the first men to reach the North Pole. (The claim, disputed by skeptics, was upheld in 1989 by the Navigation Foundation.) On this date: In 18... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-11-14 Today's Highlight in History: On April fifth, 1792, George Washington cast the first presidential veto, rejecting a congressional measure for apportioning representatives among the states. On this date: In 1614, American Indian princess Pocahontas m... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-11-14 Today's Highlight in History: On April second, 1917, President Wilson asked Congress to declare war against Germany, saying, The world must be made safe for democracy. On this date: In 1513, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon landed in Florida. In... 阅读全文>>