10-01-27 Today's Highlight in History: On January 25th, 1890, reporter Nellie Bly (Elizabeth Cochrane) of the New York World received a tumultuous吵闹的，狂暴的 welcome home after she completed a round-the-world journey in 72 days, six hours and eleven minut...

10-01-27 Today's Highlight in History: On January 24th, 1908, the first Boy Scout童子军 troop was organized in England by Robert Baden-Powell. On this date: In 1848, James W. Marshall discovered a gold nugget金块 at Sutter's Mill in northern California, a di...

10-01-27 Today's Highlight in History: On January 23rd, 1968, North Korea seized the US Navy ship Pueblo charging its crew with being on a spying mission. (The crew was released eleven months later.) On this date: In 1789, Georgetown University was establish...

10-01-27 Today's Highlight in History: On January 22nd, 1917, President Wilson pleaded for辩护，请求 an end to war in Europe, calling for peace without victory. (By April, however, America also was at war.) On this date: In 1901, Britain's Queen Victoria die...

10-01-27 Today's Highlight in History: On January 21st, 1950, former State Department official Alger Hiss, accused of being part of a Communist spy ring间谍网，特务组织 , was found guilty in New York of lying to a grand jury大陪审团 . Hiss, who always mainta...

10-01-27 Today's Highlight in History: On January 20th, 1981, Iran released 52 Americans it had held hostage for 444 days, minutes after the presidency had passed from Jimmy Carter to Ronald Reagan. On this date: In 1801, John Marshall was appointed chief ju...

10-01-26 Today's Highlight in History: On January 19th, 1807, Robert E. Lee, the commander-in-chief of the Confederate同盟的，联合的 armies, was born in Stratford, Virginia. On this date: In 1736, James Watt, inventor of the steam engine蒸汽机 , was born in...

10-01-26 Today's Highlight in History: On January 18th, 1912, English explorer Robert F. Scott and his expedition远征，探险队 reached the South Pole, only to不料 discover that Roald Amundsen had beaten them to it. (Scott and his party perished枯萎，死亡 duri...

10-01-26 Today's Highlight in History: On January 17th, 1893, Hawaii's monarchy君主政体 was overthrown打倒，推翻 as a group of businessmen and sugar planters forced Queen Liliuokalani to abdicate退位，放弃 . On this date: In 1706, Benjamin Franklin was born...

10-01-26 Today's Highlight in History: On January 16th, 1920, Prohibition禁止，禁酒令 began in the United States as the 18th Amendment to the US Constitution took effect. (It was later repealed by the 21st Amendment.) On this date: In 1547, Ivan the Terrible...