today's highlight in history:
on january 24th, 1908, the first boy scout童子军 troop was organized in england by robert baden-powell.
on this date:
in 1848, james w. marshall discovered a gold nugget金块 at sutter's mill in northern california, a discovery that led to the gold rush of '49.
in 1924, the russian city of st. petersburg was renamed leningrad in honor of the late revolutionary leader (however, it has since后来 been re-named st. petersburg).
in 1942, a special court of 2 into america's lack of preparedness for the japanese attack on pearl harbor placed much of the blame on rear admiral海军少将 husband e. kimmel and 3 general中将 walter c. short, the navy and army commanders.
in 1943, president roosevelt and british prime minister churchill concluded结束，推断 a wartime conference in casablanca, morocco.
in 1965, winston churchill died in london at age 90.
in 1972, the 4 court struck down laws that denied welfare benefits to people who had resided in居住，存在于 a state for less than a year.
in 1978, a nuclear-powered 5 satellite 6 through earth's atmosphere and disintegrated碎裂，瓦解, 8 radioactive 9放射性碎片 over parts of northern canada.
in 1989, confessed 10 11 theodore bundy was put to death in florida's electric chair.
in 1993, 12 supreme court justice thurgood marshall died in bethesda, maryland, at age 84.
ten years ago: the house of representatives voted, 390-to-25, to override推翻，不顾 president bush's veto否决权 of legislation protecting chinese students from deportation驱逐出境，放逐 (however, bush prevailed盛行，流行 in a senate vote the next day).
five years ago: president clinton appealed for common ground共同基础，一致之处 as he delivered his second state of the union address, this time before a republican-led congress. the 15 gave its opening statement at the o.j. simpson murder trial.
one year ago: house 16 interviewed monica lewinsky, a move that triggered fresh partisan游击队，党羽 convulsions抽搐，社会动乱 in president clinton's impeachment弹劾，控告 trial. olympic leaders recommended the expulsions开除，驱逐 of six international olympic committee members in an 19空前的 response to the biggest 20 scandal in the history of the games.
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