February fifth
Today's Highlight in History:On February fifth, 1937, President Roosevelt proposed increasing the number of Supreme Court justices; critics charged Roosevelt was attempting to "pack" the court
On this date:
In 1783, Sweden recognized the independence of the United States
In 1881, Phoenix, Arizona, was incorporated
In 1887, Verdi's opera "Otello" premiered at La Scala
In 1917, Congress passed, over President Wilson's veto, an immigration act severely curtailing the influx of Asians
In 1917, Mexico's constitution was adopted
In 1940, Glenn Miller and his orchestra recorded "Tuxedo Junction" for RCA Victor's "Bluebird" label
In 1958, Gamel Abdel Nasser was formally nominated to become the first president of the new United Arab Republic
In 1962, French President Charles De Gaulle called for Algeria's independence
In 1988, the Arizona House impeached Governor Evan Mecham, setting the stage for his trial and conviction in the state Senate
In 1994, white separatist Byron De La Beckwith was convicted in Jackson, Mississippi, of murdering civil rights leader Medgar Evers in 1963, and was immediately sentenced to life in prison
Ten years ago: Soviet leader Mikhail S
Gorbachev told the Communist Party it had to give up its unchallenged right to rule in favor of earning that right, instead of taking it for granted
Five years ago: The White House and congressional Republicans drew battle lines over President Clinton's $1
61 trillion budget, with Republicans accusing Clinton of "taking a walk" and the administration saying Clinton was cutting the deficit more than any president in history
One year ago: Former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson was sentenced in Maryland to a year in jail for assaulting two motorists following a traffic accident (he ended up serving three and a-half months)
每日格言
"Politics in America is the binding secular religion
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-- Theodore H
White, American political writer (1915-1986)
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