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09-11-08 today's highlight in history: on november fifth, 1940, president roosevelt won an unprecedented（空前的） third term in office as he defeated republican challenger wendell l. willkie. on this date: in 1605, the gunpowder plot failed as guy fawkes wa...

09-11-08 today's highlight in history: on november fourth, 1979, the iranian hostage crisis（人质危机） began as militants stormed the united states embassy in tehran. for some of the hostages, it was the start of 444 days of captivity（囚禁，被关）. on this...

09-11-08 today's highlight in history: on november third, 1900, the first automobile show in the united states opened at new york's madison square garden under the auspices（资助，赞助） of the automobile club of america. on this date: in 1868, republican ul...

09-11-08 today's highlight in history: on november second, 1948, president truman surprised the experts by being re-elected in a narrow upset over republican challenger thomas e. dewey. on this date: in 1783, general george washington issued his farewell add...

09-11-08 today's highlight in history: on november first, 1952, the united states exploded the first hydrogen bomb at eniwetok in the marshall islands. on this date: in 1604, william shakespeare's tragedy othello was first presented at whitehall palace in lo...

09-11-08 today's highlight in history: on october 31st, 1517, martin luther posted the 95 theses（论文，论点） on the door of the wittenberg palace church, marking the start of the protestant reformation in germany. on this date: in 1795, english poet john k...

09-11-08 today's highlight in history: on october 30th, 1938, the radio play the war of the worlds, starring orson welles, aired on cbs. (the live drama, which employed fake news reports, panicked（恐慌，惊恐） some listeners who thought its portrayal（描绘...

09-10-29 today's highlight in history: on october 28th, 1958, the roman catholic patriarch（家长，元老） of venice, angelo giuseppe roncalli, was elected pope; he took the name john the 23rd. on this date: in 1636, harvard college was founded in massachusett...

09-10-28 man's first real invention, and one of the most important inventions in history, was the wheel.all transportation and every machine in the world depend on it. the wheel is the simplest yet perhaps the most remarkable of all inventions, because there...

09-10-27 today's highlight in history: on october 27th, 1787, the first of the federalist papers, a series of essays calling for ratification（批准，认可） of the united states constitution, was published in a new york newspaper. on this date: in 1858, the 2...