日期：2010-02-04 Today's Highlight in History: On February second, 1536, the Argentine city of Buenos Aires布宜斯诺艾利斯 was founded by Pedro de Mendoza of Spain. On this date: In 1653, New Amsterdam -- now New York City -- was incorporated. In 1848, the Treaty of... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-02-04 Today's Highlight in History: On February first, 1960, four black college students began a sit-in protest静坐抗议 at a lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, where they'd been refused service. On this date: In 1861, Texas voted to secede退出，... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-02-04 Today's Highlight in History: On January 31st, 1950, President Truman announced he had ordered development of the hydrogen bomb. On this date: In 1606, Guy Fawkes, convicted for his part in the Gunpowder Plot火药阴谋 against the English Parliament a... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-02-04 Today's Highlight in History: On January 30th, 1968, during the Vietnam War, the Tet Offensive新年攻势 began as Communist forces launched surprise attacks against South Vietnamese provincial capitals. On this date: In 1649, England's King Charles th... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-02-04 Today's Highlight in History: On January 29th, 1900, the American League美国棒球联盟 , consisting of eight baseball teams, was organized in Philadelphia. On this date: In 1820, Britain's King George the Third died insane精神病的，疯狂的 at Windsor C... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-02-04 Today's Highlight in History: On January 28th, 1986, the space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff发射，起飞 from Cape Canaveral, killing all seven crew members. On this date: In 1547, England's King Henry the Eighth died; he was su... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-01-27 Today's Highlight in History: On January 27th, 1756, composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in Salzburg, Austria. On this date: In 1832, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, who wrote Alice's Adventures in Wonderland under the pen name Lewis Carroll, was bo... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-01-27 Today's Highlight in History: On January 26th, 1950, India officially proclaimed声明，宣告 itself a republic as Rajendra Prasad took the oath of office就职宣 言 as president. On this date: In 1788, the first European settlers in Australia, led by Ca... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-01-27 Today's Highlight in History: On January 25th, 1890, reporter Nellie Bly (Elizabeth Cochrane) of the New York World received a tumultuous吵闹的，狂暴的 welcome home after she completed a round-the-world journey in 72 days, six hours and eleven minut... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-01-27 Today's Highlight in History: On January 24th, 1908, the first Boy Scout童子军 troop was organized in England by Robert Baden-Powell. On this date: In 1848, James W. Marshall discovered a gold nugget金块 at Sutter's Mill in northern California, a di... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-01-27 Today's Highlight in History: On January 23rd, 1968, North Korea seized the US Navy ship Pueblo charging its crew with being on a spying mission. (The crew was released eleven months later.) On this date: In 1789, Georgetown University was establish... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-01-27 Today's Highlight in History: On January 22nd, 1917, President Wilson pleaded for辩护，请求 an end to war in Europe, calling for peace without victory. (By April, however, America also was at war.) On this date: In 1901, Britain's Queen Victoria die... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-01-27 Today's Highlight in History: On January 21st, 1950, former State Department official Alger Hiss, accused of being part of a Communist spy ring间谍网，特务组织 , was found guilty in New York of lying to a grand jury大陪审团 . Hiss, who always mainta... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-01-27 Today's Highlight in History: On January 20th, 1981, Iran released 52 Americans it had held hostage for 444 days, minutes after the presidency had passed from Jimmy Carter to Ronald Reagan. On this date: In 1801, John Marshall was appointed chief ju... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-01-26 Today's Highlight in History: On January 19th, 1807, Robert E. Lee, the commander-in-chief of the Confederate同盟的，联合的 armies, was born in Stratford, Virginia. On this date: In 1736, James Watt, inventor of the steam engine蒸汽机 , was born in... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-01-26 Today's Highlight in History: On January 18th, 1912, English explorer Robert F. Scott and his expedition远征，探险队 reached the South Pole, only to不料 discover that Roald Amundsen had beaten them to it. (Scott and his party perished枯萎，死亡 duri... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-01-26 Today's Highlight in History: On January 17th, 1893, Hawaii's monarchy君主政体 was overthrown打倒，推翻 as a group of businessmen and sugar planters forced Queen Liliuokalani to abdicate退位，放弃 . On this date: In 1706, Benjamin Franklin was born... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-01-26 Today's Highlight in History: On January 16th, 1920, Prohibition禁止，禁酒令 began in the United States as the 18th Amendment to the US Constitution took effect. (It was later repealed by the 21st Amendment.) On this date: In 1547, Ivan the Terrible... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-01-26 Today's Highlight in History: On January 15th, 1929, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Junior was born in Atlanta. On this date: In 1559, England's Queen Elizabeth the First was crowned in Westminster Abbey. In 1844, the University of Notre Dam... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-01-26 Today's Highlight in History: One hundred years ago, on January 14th, 1900, Puccini's opera Tosca received a mixed reception at its Rome world premiere. On this date: In 1639, the first constitution of Connecticut -- the Fundamental Orders -- was ad... 阅读全文>>