日期：2009-12-24 Today's Highlight in History: On December 24th, 1951, Gian Carlo Menotti's Amahl and the Night Visitors, the first opera written specifically for television, was first broadcast by NBC TV. On this date: In 1524, Portuguese葡萄牙人 navigator Vasco da... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-12-24 Today's Highlight in History: On December 23rd, 1893, the Engelbert Humperdinck opera Haensel und Gretel was first performed, in Weimar, Germany. On this date: In 1783, George Washington resigned辞职 as commander-in-chief of the Army and retired to... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-12-24 Today's Highlight in History: On December 22nd, 1894, French army officer Alfred Dreyfus was convicted of treason叛国罪 in a court-martial that triggered worldwide charges of anti-Semitism反犹太主义 . (Dreyfus was eventually vindicated.) On this dat... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-12-24 Today's Highlight in History: On December 21st, 1620, Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower五月花号 went ashore for the first time at present-day Plymouth, Massachusetts. On this date: In 1898, scientists Pierre and Marie Curie discovered the radioactive el... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-12-24 Today's Highlight in History: On December 20th, 1860, South Carolina became the first state to secede退出，脱离 from the Union. On this date: In 1790, the first successful cotton mill纺织厂 in the United States began operating at Pawtucket, Rhode Is... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-12-24 Today's Highlight in History: One year ago, on December 19th, 1998, President Clinton was impeached弹劾，控告 by the Republican-controlled House for perjury伪证，伪誓 and obstruction of justice阻碍司法 . The 42nd chief executive became only the seco... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-12-24 Today's Highlight in History: On December 18th, 1944, in a pair of rulings, the Supreme Court upheld支持 the wartime relocation of Japanese-Americans, but also said undeniably不可否认地 loyal Americans of Japanese ancestry祖先，血统 could not be det... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-12-24 Today's Highlight in History: On December 17th, 1903, Orville and Wilbur Wright went on the first successful manned powered-airplane flights, near Kitty Hawk小鹰号 , North Carolina. On this date: In 1777, France recognized American independence. In... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-12-24 Today's Highlight in History: One hundred years ago, on December 16th, 1899, Sir Noel Coward, the English actor, playwright剧作家 and composer, was born in London. On this date: In 1653, Oliver Cromwell became lord protector护国公，守护神 of England... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-12-15 Today's Highlight in History: On December 15th, 1939, the motion picture电影 Gone With the Wind had its world premiere in Atlanta. On this date: In 1791, the Bill of Rights went into effect生效 following ratification批准，认可 by Virginia. In 1890,... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-12-15 Today's Highlight in History: Two hundred years ago, on December 14th, 1799, the first president of the United States, George Washington, died at his Mount Vernon home at age 67. On this date: In 1819, Alabama joined the Union as the 22nd state. In... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-12-15 Today's Highlight in History: On December 13th, 1577, Sir Francis Drake of England set out开始，出发 with five ships on a nearly three-year journey that would take him around the world. On this date: In 1642, Dutch navigator Abel Tasman arrived in p... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-12-15 Today's Highlight in History: On December 12th, 1979, in response to响应，回答 the Iran hostage crisis, the Carter administration ordered the removal of most Iranian diplomats in the United States. On this date: In 1787, Pennsylvania became the seco... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-12-15 Today's Highlight in History: On December eleventh, 1936, Britain's King Edward the Eighth abdicated退位，放弃 the throne in order to marry American divorcee Wallis Warfield Simpson. On this date: In 1719, the first recorded sighting of the Aurora B... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-12-15 Today's Highlight in History: On December tenth, 1817, Mississippi was admitted as the 20th state. On this date: In 1520, Martin Luther publicly burned the papal罗马教皇的 edict法令，公告 demanding that he recant放弃，撤回 , or face excommunication... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-12-15 Today's Highlight in History: On December ninth, 1907, Christmas seals防痨邮票 went on sale for the first time, at the Wilmington, Delaware, post office; proceeds went to fight tuberculosis肺结核 . On this date: In 1608, English poet John Milton was... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-12-15 Today's Highlight in History: On December eighth, 1941, the United States entered World War Two as Congress declared war against Japan, a day after the attack on Pearl Harbor. On this date: In 1776, George Washington's retreating army in the America... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-12-15 Today's Highlight in History: On December seventh, 1941, Japanese forces attacked American and British territories and possessions in the Pacific, including the home base of the US Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. On this date: In 1787, Dela... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-12-06 Today's Highlight in History: On December sixth, 1889, Jefferson Davis, the first and only president of the Confederate States of America, died in New Orleans. On this date: In 1790, Congress moved from New York to Philadelphia费城 . In 1884, Army e... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-12-06 Today's Highlight in History: On December fifth, 1933, national Prohibition came to an end as Utah犹他州 became the 36th state to ratify批准 the 21st Amendment to the Constitution, repealing the 18th Amendment. On this date: In 1776, the first schol... 阅读全文>>