【历史上的今天】08月16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16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="134" hspace="4" src="/Uploadfile/2006-10/20061030172513734.gif" width="100" align="right" vspace="3" alt=""/><strong></strong><em></em><font></font><font face="Arial" size="2"><em><strong>Today's Highlight in History: </strong></em><br/>On August 16th, 1977, </font><font face="Arial" color="#000080" size="2"><strong>Elvis Presley</strong></font><font face="Arial" size="2"> died at Graceland Mansion in Memphis, Tennessee, at age 42. </font><p><font face="Arial" size="2"><em><strong>On this date: </strong></em><br/>In 1777, American forces won the Revolutionary War Battle of Bennington, Vermont. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1812, Detroit fell to British and Indian forces in the War of 1812. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1829, the original "Siamese twins," Chang and Eng Bunker, arrived in Boston to be exhibited to the Western world. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1858, a telegraphed message from Britain's Queen Victoria to President Buchanan was transmitted over the recently laid trans-Atlantic cable. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1861, President Lincoln prohibited the states of the Union from trading with the seceding states of the Confederacy. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1948, baseball legend Babe Ruth died in New York at age 53. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1954, Sports Illustrated was first published by Time Incorporated. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1956, Adlai E. Stevenson was nominated for president at the Democratic national convention in Chicago. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1960, Britain granted independence to the crown colony of Cyprus. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1987, 156 people were killed when Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashed while trying to take off from Detroit. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">Ten years ago: President Bush met with Jordan's King Hussein in Kennebunkport, Maine, where he urged the monarch to close Iraq's access to the sea through the port of Aqaba. In Iraq, President Saddam Hussein issued a statement in which he repeatedly called Bush a "liar" and said the outbreak of war could result in "thousands of Americans wrapped in sad coffins." </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">Five years ago: The government more than doubled its estimate of rapes or attempted rapes in the United States each year, to 310-thousand, a finding praised by leaders of women's groups. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">One year ago: Four months after two gunmen sent them fleeing in horror, students reclaimed Columbine High School in Colorado for the start of the school year. Vladimir Putin won confirmation as Russia's prime minister, the fifth since early 1998. Republican Lamar Alexander folded his presidential campaign. The quiz show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" began a limited two-week run on ABC. </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>If a man wants his dreams to come true, he must wake up."</strong></font></p><p align="right"><font face="Arial" size="1"><em>-- Anonymous.</em></font></p></td></tr></tbody></table>