January 19th
Today's Highlight in History:On January 19th, 1807, Robert E
Lee, the commander-in-chief of the Confederate armies, was born in Stratford, Virginia
On this date:
In 1736, James Watt, inventor of the steam engine, was born in Scotland
In 1809, author Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston
In 1853, Verdi's opera "Il Trovatore" premiered in Rome
In 1861, Georgia seceded from the Union
In 1944, the federal government relinquished control of the nation's railroads following settlement of a wage dispute
In 1955, a presidential news conference was filmed for television for the first time, with permission from President Eisenhower
In 1966, Indira Gandhi was elected prime minister of India
In 1970, President Nixon nominated G
Harrold Carswell to the Supreme Court; however, the nomination was defeated because of controversy over Carswell's past racial views
In 1977, in one of his last acts of office, President Ford pardoned Iva Toguri D'Aquino, an American who'd made wartime broadcasts for Japan
In 1981, the United States and Iran signed an agreement paving the way for the release of 52 Americans held hostage for more than 14 months
Ten years ago: Arthur J
Goldberg, former Supreme Court justice, labor secretary and US Ambassador to the United Nations, was found dead in his Washington apartment at age 81
Five years ago: Russian troops regained control of the presidential palace in Grozny, the capital of the breakaway republic of Chechnya
One year ago: President Clinton delivered his State of the Union address, in which he proposed to protect Social Security by using huge budget surpluses and announced the government would sue the tobacco industry for smokers' health costs
Hours earlier, at the president's impeachment trial in the Senate, White House Counsel Charles Ruff opened the defense with ringing statements of Clinton's innocence
每日格言
"To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead
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-- Bertrand Russell, British philosopher (1872-1970)
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