历史上的今天:11月24日-凯发k8官网

today's highlight in history:
on november 24th, 1963, ^{1 2} shot and mortally（致命地） wounded lee harvey oswald, the accused assassin of president kennedy, in a scene captured on live television.

on this date:
in 1784, zachary taylor, the 12th president of the united states, was born in orange county, virginia（弗吉尼亚州）.

in 1859, british ³ charles darwin published "on the origin of species," which explained his theory of evolution.

in 1863, the civil war battle for ⁴ mountain began in tennessee; union forces took the mountain two days later.

in 1871, the national rifle association was incorporated.

in 1947, a group of writers, producers and directors that became known as the "hollywood ten" was cited for contempt（蔑视） of congress for refusing to answer questions about ⁵ communist influence in the movie industry.

in 1947, john steinbeck's novel "the pearl" was first published.

in 1969, "apollo 12" splashed down（溅落） safely in the pacific.

in 1971, ⁶ "d.b. cooper" parachuted（降落） from a northwest airlines 727 over washington state with $200,000 in ⁷（赎金） -- his fate ⁸ unknown.

in 1985, the ⁹ of an egyptair jetliner parked on the ground in malta ended violently as egyptian commandos（突击队，民兵） stormed the plane. fifty-eight people died in the raid, in addition to two others killed by the hijackers.

in 1987, the united states and the ¹⁰ union agreed to ¹¹（扔弃） shorter- and medium-range missiles.

ten years ago: president bush returned home from an eight-day tour of europe and the middle east, during which he'd lobbied（游说） foreign leaders on behalf of his persian ¹² policy.

five years ago: bosnian serb leader radovan karadzic promised during a televised address to accept a u-s-brokered peace plan. voters in ireland narrowly approved a constitutional ¹³（修正案） legalizing divorce.

one year ago: 280 people were killed when a ferry caught fire and ¹⁴（沉没） off the coast of eastern china's shandong province.