日期：2010-01-26 Today's Highlight in History: On January 13th, 1794, President Washington approved a measure adding two stars and two stripes to the American flag, following the admission承认，进入许可 of Vermont and Kentucky to the union. (The number of stripes wa... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-01-12 Today's Highlight in History: On January 12th, 1948, the Supreme Court ruled that states could not discriminate歧视，排斥 against law-school applicants because of race. On this date: In 1519, Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian the First died. In 1773, th... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-01-12 Today's Highlight in History: On January eleventh, 1935, aviator飞行员 Amelia Earhart began a trip from Honolulu to Oakland, California, that made her the first woman to fly solo单独地 across the Pacific Ocean. On this date: In 1757, the first secre... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-01-12 Today's Highlight in History: On January tenth, 1776, Thomas Paine published his influential pamphlet小册子, Common Sense. On this date: In 1861, Florida seceded退出，脱离 from the Union. In 1870, John D. Rockefeller incorporated Standard Oil. In 19... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-01-12 Today's Highlight in History: On January ninth, 1788, Connecticut康乃迪克州 became the fifth state to ratify批准，认可 the US Constitution. On this date : In 1793, Frenchman Jean Pierre Blanchard, using a hot-air balloon, flew between Philadelphia a... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-01-12 Today's Highlight in History: On January eighth, 1935, rock-and-roll legend Elvis Presley was born in Tupelo, Mississippi. On this date: In 1642, astronomer天文学家 Galileo Galilei died in Arcetri, Italy. In 1815, US forces led by General Andrew Jac... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-01-12 Today's Highlight in History : One year ago, on January seventh, 1999, for the second time in history, an impeached弹劾，怀疑 American president went on trial before the Senate. President Clinton faced charges of perjury伪证，伪誓 and obstruction妨... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-01-12 Today's Highlight in History: On January sixth, 1912, New Mexico became the 47th state. On this date: In 1412, according to tradition, Joan of Arc was born in Domremy. In 1540, England's King Henry the Eighth married his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves.... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-01-12 Today's Highlight in History: On January fifth, 1925, Nellie T. Ross succeeded her late husband as governor of Wyoming, becoming the first female governor in US history. On this date: In 1589, Catherine de Medici of France died at age 69. In 1895, F... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-01-04 Today's Highlight in History: On January fourth, 1965, President Johnson outlined the goals of his Great Society in his State of the Union Address. On this date: In 1809, Louis Braille, inventor of a reading system for the blind, was born in Coupvra... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-01-04 Today's Highlight in History: On January third, 1959, President Eisenhower signed a proclamation公布，宣告 admitting Alaska to the Union as the 49th state. On this date: In 1521, Martin Luther was excommunicated逐出教会 from the Roman Catholic Churc... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-01-04 Today's Highlight in History: One hundred years ago, on January second, 1900, Secretary of State John Hay announced the Open Door Policy门户开放政策 to facilitate促进，帮助 trade with China. On this date: In 1492, the leader of the last Arab strongh... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-01-04 Today's Highlight in History: On January first, 1863, President Lincoln signed the Emancipation释放，解放 Proclamation, declaring that slaves in rebel states were free. On this date: In 1892, the Ellis Island Immigrant Station in New York formally o... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-01-04 Today's Highlight in History: On December 31st, 1879, Thomas Edison first publicly demonstrated his electric incandescent light白炽灯，长明灯 in Menlo Park, New Jersey. On this date: In 1775, the British repulsed驱逐，拒绝 an attack by Continental A... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-01-04 Today's Highlight in History: On December 30th, 1922, Vladimir I. Lenin proclaimed声明，宣告 the establishment of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. On this date: In 1853, the United States bought some 45,000 square miles of land from Mexico i... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-01-04 Today's Highlight in History: On December 29th, 1851, the first American Young Men's Christian Association was organized, in Boston. On this date: In 1170, Archbishop Thomas Becket was murdered in Canterbury坎特伯雷 Cathedral in England. In 1808, th... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-01-04 Today's Highlight in History: On December 28th, 1917, the New York Evening Mail published a facetious滑稽的 essay by H.L. Mencken on the history of bathtubs浴缸 in America. (The essay claimed, for example, that Millard Fillmore was the first preside... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-01-04 Today in History (December 27): Saint John, Apostle信徒 and Evangelist福音传道者 870 Aeneas of Paris, bishop of Paris from 858 to 870, died. He is best known as the author of one of the controversial treatises against the Greeks called forth by the... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-01-04 Today's Highlight in History: On December 26th, 1799, the late George Washington was eulogized颂扬，称赞 by Colonel Henry Lee as first in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen. On this date: In 1776, the British suffered a ma... 阅读全文>>

日期：2010-01-04 Today's Highlight in History: In A.D. 336, the first recorded celebration of Christmas on December 25th took place in Rome. On this date: In 1066, William the Conqueror was crowned king of England. In 1223, St. Francis of Assisi assembled one of the... 阅读全文>>