【历史上的今天】08月14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:08月14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><font face="Arial" size="2"><em><strong>Today's Highlight in History: </strong></em><br/>On August 14th, 1900, international forces, including US Marines, entered Beijing to put down the Boxer Rebellion, which was aimed at purging China of foreign influence. </font><p><font face="Arial" size="2"><em><strong>On this date: </strong></em></font><br/>In 1848, the Oregon Territory was established. <img height="117" hspace="4" src="/Uploadfile/2006-10/20061030172311734.gif" width="100" align="right" vspace="3" alt=""/>
                                        </p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1917, China declared war on Germany and Austria during World War One. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1935, the Social Security Act became law. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1945, </font><font face="Arial" color="#000080" size="2"><strong>President Truman </strong></font><font face="Arial" size="2">announced that Japan had surrendered unconditionally, ending World War Two. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1947, Pakistan became independent of British rule. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1969, British troops arrived in Northern Ireland to intervene in sectarian violence between Protestants and Roman Catholics. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1973, the US bombing of Cambodia came to a halt. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1980, President Carter and Vice President Walter Mondale were nominated for a second term at the Democratic national convention in New York. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1980, workers went on strike at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdansk, Poland, in a job action that resulted in the creation of the Solidarity labor movement. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1996, the Republican national convention in San Diego nominated Bob Dole for president and Jack Kemp for vice president. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">Ten years ago: Interrupting his vacation in Kennebunkport, Maine, President Bush returned to Washington, where he told reporters he saw no hope for a diplomatic solution to the Persian Gulf crisis, at least until economic sanctions forced Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">Five years ago: Shannon Faulkner officially became the first female cadet in the history of The Citadel, South Carolina's state military college. (However, Faulkner quit the school less than a week later, citing the stress of her court fight, and her isolation among the male cadets.) </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">One year ago: Republican presidential candidate George W. Bush won a convincing victory in the Iowa straw poll. Death claimed former AFL-CIO president Lane Kirkland at age 77, and Baseball Hall of Fame shortstop Pee Wee Reese at age 81. </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>Nothing is so soothing to our self-esteem as to find our bad traits in our forebears. It seems to absolve us." </strong></font></p><p align="right"><font face="Arial" size="1"><em>-- Van Wyck Brooks, American author (1886-1963).</em></font></p></td></tr></tbody></table>