<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" border="0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" height="10"></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="90%" border="0"><tbody><tr><th><font color="#05006c"><h1>历史上的今天:10月07日</h1></font></th></tr><tr><td><hr size="1" bgcolor="#d9d9d9"/></td></tr><tr><td><img height="159" alt="" src="http://bbs.51ielts.com/Uploadfile/2006-10/2006103114240734.gif" width="126" align="right" vspace="3"/><font face="Arial" size="2"><em><strong>Today's Highlight in History: <br/></strong></em>On October seventh, 1982, the Andrew Lloyd Webber-Tim Rice musical </font><font face="Arial" color="#000080" size="2"><strong>"Cats,"</strong></font><font face="Arial" size="2"> featuring the popular song "Memory," opened on Broadway. (The show closed this past September tenth after a record 7,485 performances.) </font><p><font face="Arial" size="2"><em><strong>On this date: </strong></em><br/>In 1777, the second Battle of Saratoga began during the American Revolution. (British forces under General John Burgoyne surrendered ten days later.) </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1849, author Edgar Allan Poe died in Baltimore, Maryland, at age 40. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1940, Artie Shaw and his Orchestra recorded Hoagy Carmichael's "Stardust" for RCA Victor. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1949, the Republic of East Germany was formed. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1950, the United Nations General Assembly approved an advance by UN forces north of the 38th Parallel in the Korean Conflict. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1960, Democratic presidential candidate John F. Kennedy and Republican opponent Richard M. Nixon held the second of their broadcast debates. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1963, President Kennedy signed the documents of ratification for a nuclear test ban treaty with Britain and the Soviet Union. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1968, the Motion Picture Association of America adopted its film-rating system. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1981, Egypt's parliament named Vice President Hosni Mubarak to succeed the assassinated Anwar Sadat. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1985, Palestinian gunmen hijacked the Italian cruise ship "Achille Lauro" in the Mediterranean with more than 400 people aboard. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">Ten years ago: House and Senate Democrats put together a modified budget proposal, following the failure of an earlier plan and the veto of stopgap spending legislation by President Bush. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">Five years ago: New York's Central Park was transformed into a giant open-air cathedral as Pope John Paul the Second celebrated Mass before a flock of 130,000. A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Indonesia, killing more than 80 people. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">One year ago: American Home Products Corporation resolved one of the biggest product liability cases ever by agreeing to pay up to $4.83 billion to settle claims that the fen-phen diet drug combination caused dangerous heart valve problems. </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>Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries."</strong><br/> </font></p><p align="right"><font face="Arial" size="1"><em>-- James Michener, American novelist.</em></font></p></td></tr></tbody></table>
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