09-12-15 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,...

09-12-15 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...

09-12-15 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...

09-12-15 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...

09-12-15 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...

09-12-15 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...

09-12-15 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...

09-12-15 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...

09-12-15 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...

09-12-06 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...