【历史上的今天】07月28日

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<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="90%" border="0"><tbody><tr><th><font color="#05006c"><h1>历史上的今天:07月28日</h1></font></th></tr><tr><td><hr size="1" bgcolor="#d9d9d9"/></td></tr><tr><td align="center" height="20"><a class="siteurl" href="http://www.iselong.com/" target="_blank"></a></td></tr><tr><td><img height="147" hspace="4" src="/Uploadfile/2006-10/20061030151412734.gif" width="110" align="left" vspace="3" alt=""/><font face="Arial" size="2"><em><strong>Today's Highlight in History: </strong></em><br/>On July 28th, 1750, composer </font><font face="Arial" color="#000080" size="2"><strong>Johann Sebastian Bach </strong></font><font face="Arial" size="2">died in Leipzig, Germany. </font><p><font face="Arial" size="2"><em><strong>On this date: </strong></em><br/>In 1540, King Henry the Eighth's chief minister, Thomas Cromwell, was executed, the same day Henry married his fifth wife, Catherine Howard. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1794, Maximilien Robespierre, a leading figure of the French Revolution, was sent to the guillotine. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1821, Peru declared its independence from Spain. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1868, the Fourteenth Amendment to the US Constitution, guaranteeing due process of law, was declared in effect. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1896, the city of Miami, Florida, was incorporated. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1929, Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, first lady of the United States from 1961 to 1963, was born in Southampton, New York. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1943, President Roosevelt announced the end of coffee rationing. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1945, a US Army bomber crashed into the 79th floor of New York's Empire State Building, killing 14 people. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1965, President Johnson announced he was increasing the number of American troops in South Vietnam from 75,000 to 125,000. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1977, Roy Wilkins turned over leadership of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to Benjamin L. Hooks. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">Ten years ago: Political newcomer and upset winner Alberto Fujimori was sworn in as president of Peru. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">Five years ago: A jury in Union, South Carolina, rejected the death penalty for Susan Smith, sentencing her instead to life in prison for drowning her two young sons (Smith will be eligible for parole after 30 years). </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">One year ago: The Senate opened debate on the Republicans' $792 billion tax cut bill. Surgeon General David Satcher declared suicide a serious national threat, saying, "People should not be afraid or ashamed to seek help." </font></p><hr noshade="true" size="1"/><p align="center"><font face="Arial"><span class="thought">每日格言</span></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><strong>"</strong></font><font face="Arial" size="2"><strong>Verily, when the day of judgment comes, we shall not be asked what we have read, but what we have done."</strong>
                                                </font></p><p align="right"><font face="Arial" size="1"><em>-- Thomas a Kempis, German theologian (1380-1471).</em></font></p></td></tr></tbody></table>