10-01-12 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...

10-01-04 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...

10-01-04 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...

10-01-04 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...

10-01-04 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...

10-01-04 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...

10-01-04 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...

10-01-04 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...

10-01-04 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...

10-01-04 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...