【历史上的今天】10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:10月28日</h1></font></th></tr><tr><td><hr size="1" bgcolor="#d9d9d9"/></td></tr><tr><td><img height="130" hspace="4" src="/Uploadfile/2006-10/20061031141627734.gif" width="110" align="right" vspace="3" alt=""/><font face="Arial" size="2"><em><strong>Today's Highlight in History: <br/></strong></em>On October 28th, 1958, the Roman Catholic patriarch of Venice, Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, was elected Pope; he took the name </font><font face="Arial" color="#000080" size="2"><strong>John the 23rd. </strong></font><p><font face="Arial" size="2"><em><strong>On this date: <br/></strong></em>In 1636, Harvard College was founded in Massachusetts. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1793, Eli Whitney applied for a patent for his cotton gin (the patent was granted the following March). </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1886, the Statue of Liberty, a gift from the people of France, was dedicated in New York Harbor by President Cleveland. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1919, Congress enacted the Volstead Act, which provided for enforcement of Prohibition, over President Wilson's veto. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1922, fascism came to Italy as Benito Mussolini took control of the government. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1936, President Roosevelt rededicated the Statue of Liberty on its 50th anniversary. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1940, Italy invaded Greece during World War Two. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1962, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev informed the United States that he had ordered the dismantling of Soviet missile bases in Cuba. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1965, Pope Paul the Sixth issued a decree absolving Jews of collective guilt for the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1980, President Carter and Republican presidential nominee Ronald Reagan faced off in a nationally broadcast, 90-minute debate in Cleveland. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">Ten years ago: In a surprise move, Iraq said it was halting gasoline rationing imposed earlier in response to global economic sanctions. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">Five years ago: The Atlanta Braves defeated the Cleveland Indians, 1-0, to win the World Series in Game 6. The Senate approved a GOP package of spending slashes and tax reductions, 52-to-47. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">One year ago: Five Republican presidential hopefuls debated such issues as abortion, health care and taxes in their second meeting in less than a week; once again, front-runner George W. Bush was absent from the gathering in New Hampshire. The House passed, 218-to-211, the last spending bill of the year, which President Clinton said he would veto. </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>Next to excellence is the appreciation of it." </strong></font></p><p align="right"><font face="Arial" size="1"><em>-- William Makepeace Thackeray, British author (1811-1863).</em></font></p></td></tr></tbody></table>