历史上的今天:11月26日-凯发k8官网

today's highlight in history:
on november 26th, 1942, the motion picture电影 "casablanca," starring humphrey bogart and ingrid bergman, had its world premiere初次公演 at the hollywood theater in new york.

on this date:
in 1832, public streetcar路面电车，有轨电车 service began in new york city. the fare: 12 and a-half cents.

in 1825, the first college social fraternity互助会，兄弟会, kappa alpha, was formed at union college in schenectady, new york.

in 1940, the half-million jews of warsaw, poland, were forced by the ¹ to live within a walled有墙壁的 ghetto犹太人区.

in 1942, president roosevelt ordered nationwide gasoline汽油 ³定量供应, beginning december first.

in 1949, india adopted a constitution as a republic within the british ⁴.

in 1950, china entered the korean conflict, launching a counter-offensive against soldiers from the united nations, the us and south korea.

in 1965, france launched its first satellite, sending a 92-pound capsule胶囊，太空舱 into orbit.

in 1973, president nixon's personal secretary, rose mary woods, told a federal court that she'd accidentally caused part of the 18-and-a-half-minute gap in a key watergate tape.

in 1975, a federal jury in sacramento, california, found lynette fromme, a ⁵ of charles manson, guilty of trying to ⁶ president ⁷.

in 1986, president reagan appointed a commission headed by former senator john tower to investigate his national security council staff in the wake of紧紧跟随，随着……而来 the iran-contra affair.

ten years ago: hungary held a national referendum公民投票，请示书 in which voters ⁸ that the country's next president would be chosen by parliament, following free elections.

five years ago: thirty clergymen were elevated提拔 to the rank of cardinal红衣主教 in a vatican ceremony presided over by pope john paul the second. margaret garrish, a 72-year-old detroit woman, committed suicide in the presence of dr. ¹⁰ kevorkian.

one year ago: in the first speech ever by a british prime minister to an irish parliament, tony blair predicted预言 that northern ireland's troubled peace accord would ultimately work because of a strengthened cooperative spirit uniting britain and ireland. in india, at least 211 people died when two trains collided in the northern state of punjab.