2008-06-22 所属栏目:历史上的今天

Today's Highlight in History:
On April 22nd, 1970, millions of Americans concerned about the environment observed the first "Earth

2008-06-22 所属栏目:历史上的今天

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

2008-06-22 所属栏目:历史上的今天

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 S

2008-06-22 所属栏目:历史上的今天

Today's Highlight in History:
On April 21st, 1910, author Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, died in Redding, Connec

2008-06-22 所属栏目:历史上的今天

Today's Highlight in History:
On April 18th, 1775, Paul Revere began his famous ride from Charlestown to Lexington, Massachusetts, warn

2008-06-22 所属栏目:历史上的今天

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 Mc

2008-06-22 所属栏目:历史上的今天

Today's Highlight in History:
On April 16, 1947, financier and presidential confidant Bernard M. Baruch said in a speech at the Sou

2008-06-22 所属栏目:历史上的今天

Today's Highlight in History:
On April 17th, 1961, about 1500 CIA-trained Cuban exiles launched the disastrous Bay of Pigs invasion of

2008-06-22 所属栏目:历史上的今天

Today's Highlight in History:
On April 14th, 1865, President Lincoln was shot and mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth while attending

2008-06-22 所属栏目:历史上的今天

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 a

2008-06-22 所属栏目:历史上的今天

Today's Highlight in History:
On April 12, 1861, the American Civil War began as Confederate forces fired on Fort Sumter in South Carol

2008-06-22 所属栏目:历史上的今天

Today's Highlight in History:
On April 13th, 1970, "Apollo 13," four-fifths of the way to the moon, was crippled when a tank

2008-06-22 所属栏目:历史上的今天

Today's Highlight in History:
On April tenth, 1925, the novel "The Great Gatsby," by F. Scott Fitzgerald, was first published by

2008-06-22 所属栏目:历史上的今天

Today's Highlight in History:
On April eleventh, 1970, Apollo 13 blasted off on its ill-fated mission to the moon. (The astronauts

2008-06-22 所属栏目:历史上的今天

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 t

2008-06-22 所属栏目:历史上的今天

Today's Highlight in History:
On April sixth, 1909, explorers Robert E. Peary and Matthew A. Henson became the first men to rea

2008-06-22 所属栏目:历史上的今天

Today's Highlight in History:
On April seventh, 1927, an audience in New York saw an image of Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover in the

2008-06-22 所属栏目:历史上的今天

Dr King was shot dead in the southern US city of Memphis, Tennessee, where he was to lead a march of sanitation workers protesting against low wages and poor working conditions. He was shot in t

2008-06-22 所属栏目:历史上的今天

Today's Highlight in History:
On April fifth, 1792, George Washington cast the first presidential veto, rejecting a congressional measu

2008-06-22 所属栏目:历史上的今天

Today's Highlight in History:
On April second, 1917, President Wilson asked Congress to declare war against Germany, saying, "The

2008-06-22 所属栏目:历史上的今天

The Oxford has won the 100th Boat Race in rough conditions on the River Thames. The victorious Dark Blues beat Cambridge - also known as the Light Blues - by four-and-a-half lengths despite windy co

2008-06-22 所属栏目:历史上的今天

Today's Highlight in History:
On March 31st, 1889, French engineer Alexandre Gustave Eiffel unfurled the French tricolor from atop the

2008-06-22 所属栏目:历史上的今天

Today's Highlight in History:
On April first, 1945, American forces invaded Okinawa during World War Two. On this date:
In 1789,

2008-06-22 所属栏目:历史上的今天

Today's Highlight in History:
On March 29th, 1943, World War Two meat, butter and cheese rationing began. On this date:
In 1638,

2008-06-22 所属栏目:历史上的今天

Today's Highlight in History:
On March 30th, 1867, US Secretary of State William H. Seward reached agreement with Russia to purchas