日期：2009-12-06 Today's Highlight in History: On December fourth, 1783, General George Washington bade farewell告别，辞行 to his officers at Fraunces Tavern in New York. On this date: In 1816, James Monroe of Virginia was elected the fifth president of the United S... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-12-06 Today's Highlight in History: On December third, 1967, surgeons in Cape Town, South Africa, led by Dr. Christiaan Barnard performed the first human heart transplant on Louis Washkansky, who lived 18 days with the new heart. On this date: In 1818, Il... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-12-06 Today's Highlight in History: On December second, 1859, militant abolitionist废权主义者 John Brown was hanged for his raid突击搜捕，袭击 on Harper's Ferry the previous October. On this date: In 1804, Napoleon was crowned emperor of France. In 1816,... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-12-06 Today's Highlight in History: On December first, 1955, Rosa Parks, a black seamstress女裁缝 , refused to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery, Alabama, city bus. Mrs. Parks was arrested, sparking a year-long boycott抵制，拒绝 of the buses... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-12-06 Today's Highlight in History: On November 30th, 1782, the United States and Britain signed preliminary初步的，开始的 peace articles in Paris, ending the Revolutionary War. On this date: In 1804, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase went on trial, accu... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-12-06 Today's Highlight in History: On November 29th, 1952, President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower kept his campaign promise to visit Korea to assess估定，评定 the ongoing conflict. On this date: In 1530, Cardinal红衣主教 Thomas Wolsey, onetime adviser to E... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-12-06 Today's Highlight in History: On November 28th, 1520, Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan麦哲伦 reached the Pacific Ocean after passing through the South American strait海峡 that now bears his name. On this date: In 1919, American-born Lady Asto... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-12-06 Today's Highlight in History: On November 27th, 1973, the Senate voted 92-to-3 to confirm Gerald R. Ford as vice president, succeeding接任 Spiro T. Agnew, who'd resigned. On this date: In 1901, Army War College was established in Washington DC. In 1... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-12-06 Today's Highlight in History: On November 26th, 1942, the motion picture电影 Casablanca, starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, had its world premiere初次公演 at the Hollywood Theater in New York. On this date: In 1832, public streetcar路面电... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-12-06 Today's Highlight in History: On November 25th, 1963, the body of President Kennedy was laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery（阿灵顿国家公墓）. On this date: In 1758, in the French and Indian War, the British captured Fort Duquesne in present... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-12-06 Today's Highlight in History: On November 24th, 1963, Jack Ruby shot and mortally（致命地） wounded Lee Harvey Oswald, the accused assassin of President Kennedy, in a scene captured on live television. On this date: In 1784, Zachary Taylor, the 12th... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-11-23 Today's Highlight in History: On November 23rd, 1903, singer Enrico Caruso made his American debut at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, appearing in Rigoletto. On this date: In 1765, Frederick County, Maryland, repudiated（拒绝履行） the Bri... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-11-23 Today's Highlight in History: On November 22nd, 1963, President Kennedy was shot to death while riding in a motorcade（汽车行列，汽车长龙） in Dallas. Texas Governor John B. Connally, in the same limousine（豪华轿车） as Kennedy, was seriously wound... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-11-23 Today's Highlight in History: On November 21st, 1789, North Carolina became the 12th state to ratify（批准） the US Constitution. On this date: In 1877, inventor Thomas A. Edison announced the invention of his phonograph（留声机）. In 1899, Vice Pre... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-11-23 Today's Highlight in History: On November 20th, 1947, Britain's future queen, Princess Elizabeth, married Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh, in a ceremony broadcast worldwide from Westminster Abbey. On this date: In 1789, New Jersey became the f... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-11-23 Today's Highlight in History: On November 19th, 1863, President Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address as he dedicated a national cemetery（国家公墓） at the site of the Civil War battlefield in Pennsylvania. On this date: In 1794, the United Stat... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-11-23 Today's Highlight in History: On November 18th, 1928, the first successful sound- synchronized（同步的） animated cartoon, Walt Disney's Steamboat Willie, starring Mickey Mouse, premiered（首次公演） in New York. On this date: In 1820, US Navy Capta... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-11-23 Today's Highlight in History: On November 17th, 1800, Congress held its first session in Washington in the partially completed Capitol building. On this date: In 1558, Elizabeth the First ascended（上升，攀登） the English throne upon the death of Q... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-11-23 Today's Highlight in History: On November 16th, 1864, Union General William T. Sherman and his troops began their March to the Sea during the Civil War. On this date: In 1776, British troops captured Fort Washington during the American Revolution. I... 阅读全文>>

日期：2009-11-23 Today's Highlight in History: On November 15th, 1939, President Roosevelt laid the cornerstone（基石） of the Jefferson Memorial in Washington DC. On this date: In 1777, the Continental Congress approved the Articles of Confederation（联邦条例）, a... 阅读全文>>