历史上的今天:12月23日-凯发k8官网

today's highlight in history:
on december 23rd, 1893, the engelbert humperdinck opera "haensel und gretel" was first performed, in weimar, germany.

on this date:
in 1783, george washington resigned辞职 as commander-in-chief of the army and ¹ to his home at mount vernon, virginia.

in 1823, the poem "a visit from st. nicholas" by ² c. moore was published in the "troy (new york) sentinel."

in 1928, the national broadcasting company set up a permanent, coast-to-coast network.

in 1941, during world war two, american forces on wake island surrendered to the japanese.

in 1948, former japanese premier第一的，最初的 hideki tojo东条英机 (hee-day-kee toh-joh) and six other japanese war leaders were executed in tokyo.

in 1968, 82 crew members of the us intelligence ship "⁴" were released by north korea, eleven months after they had been captured.

in 1980, a state funeral was held in moscow for former ³ alexei n. kosygin, who had died december 18th at age 76.

in 1986, the experimental airplane "voyager," piloted by dick rutan and jeana yeager, completed the first non-stop, round-the-world flight without refueling as it landed safely at edwards air force base in california.

in 1995, a fire in dabwali, india, killed 540 people, including 170 children, during a year-end party being held near the children's school.

in 1997, a jury in denver convicted terry nichols of involuntary manslaughter过失杀人罪 and ⁵ for his role in the oklahoma city bombing, declining to拒绝 find him guilty of murder.

ten years ago: ⁶ romanian president nicolae ceausescu and his wife, elena, were captured as they were attempting to flee their country.

five years ago: bosnian serbs and the muslim-led government agreed to a weeklong truce休战，停战 beginning the next day as they worked on details of a four-month cease-fire. baseball owners imposed a salary cap that was fiercely opposed by players.

one year ago: palestinian leader yasser arafat freed hamas哈马斯 spiritual leader精神领袖 sheik ahmed yassin from house arrest软禁, a move denounced by israel. lebanese黎巴嫩 guerrillas attacked israel's northern border with rockets, in ⁸报复，反击 for an israeli air raid a day earlier.