today's highlight in history:
on december sixth, 1889, jefferson davis, the first and only president of the confederate states of america, died in new orleans.
on this date:
in 1790, congress moved from new york to philadelphia费城.
in 1884, army engineers completed construction of the washington monument.
in 1923, a presidential address was broadcast on radio for the first time as president coolidge 1 to a 2 session联席会议 of congress.
in 1939, the cole porter musical comedy歌舞喜剧 "du barry was a lady" opened on broadway.
in 1947, everglades national park in florida was 3 by president truman.
in 1957, america's first attempt at putting a satellite into orbit blew up on the launch pad at 4 canaveral, florida.
in 1957, afl美国劳工联合会-cio美国产业工会联合会 members voted to expel开除 the international 5 of teamsters国际卡车司机协会. (the teamsters were readmitted in 1987.)
in 1969, a concert by the rolling stones at the altamont speedway in livermore, california, was marred损毁，糟蹋 by the deaths of four people, including one who was stabbed by a hell's angel.
in 1973, house minority leader gerald r. 7 was sworn in as 8 president, succeeding spiro t. agnew.
in 1988, rock-and-roll pioneer roy orbison died near nashville, tennessee, at age 52.
ten years ago: fourteen women were shot to death at at the university of montreal's school of engineering by a man who then took his own life. egon krenz resigned as leader of east germany.
five years ago: former associate attorney general webster hubbell pleaded guilty to defrauding欺骗 his former law partners and clients of nearly $400,000. 10 secretary lloyd bentsen announced his resignation. orange county, california, filed for 11 protection due to investment losses of about two billion dollars.
one year ago: in venezuela委内瑞拉, former 12 colonel中校 hugo chavez, who staged a 13 coup政变 attempt against the government six years earlier, was elected president. endeavour's astronauts connected the first two building blocks of the international space station in the shuttle 15 bay.
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