历史上的今天:1月16日
Today's Highlight in History: On this date: In 1883, the US Civil Service Commission was established. In 1919, Nebraska, Wyoming and Missouri became the 36th, 37th and 38th states to ratify批准 Prohibition, which went into effect生效 a year later. In 1942, actress Carole Lombard, her mother and about twenty other people were killed when their plane crashed near Las Vegas, Nevada, while returning from a war-bond promotion tour. In 1944, General Dwight D. Eisenhower took command of指挥,开始控制 the Allied Invasion Force in London. In 1964, the musical "Hello, Dolly!" opened on Broadway, beginning a run of 2,844 performances. In 1967, Alan S. Boyd was sworn in宣誓就职 as the first secretary of transportation. In 1989, three days of rioting暴乱 erupted in Miami when a police officer fatally致命地 shot a black motorcyclist, causing a crash that also claimed the life of a passenger. In 1991, the White House announced the start of Operation Desert Storm沙漠风暴 to drive Iraqi forces out of Kuwait. In 1992, officials of the government of El Salvador and rebel leaders signed a pact in Mexico City ending 12 years of civil war. Ten years ago: The Soviet Union sent more than eleven-thousand reinforcements增援部队,救兵 to the Caucasus to halt a civil war between Armenians and Azerbaijanis. Five years ago: In Union, South Carolina, a prosecutor announced he would seek the death penalty for Susan Smith, the woman accused of drowning her two young sons, three-year-old Michael and 14-month-old Alex. (Smith was later convicted of murder, but was sentenced to life in prison.) One year ago: Closing three days of opening arguments, House prosecutors demanded President Clinton's removal from office, telling a hushed安静的,寂静的 Senate that otherwise the presidency itself may be "deeply and perhaps permanently damaged." Forty-five ethnic Albanians were found slain杀死 near the southern Kosovo village of Racak. |