【历史上的今天】11月01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:11月01日</h1></font></th></tr><tr><td><hr size="1" bgcolor="#d9d9d9"/></td></tr><tr><td><img height="132" hspace="4" src="/Uploadfile/2006-10/20061031141846734.gif" width="130" align="right" vspace="3" alt=""/><font face="Arial" size="2"><em><strong>Today's Highlight in History: <br/></strong></em>On November first, 1952, the United States exploded the </font><font face="Arial" color="#000080" size="2"><strong>first hydrogen bomb at Eniwetok</strong></font><font face="Arial" size="2"> in the Marshall Islands. </font><p><font face="Arial" size="2"><em><strong>On this date: <br/></strong></em>In 1604, William Shakespeare's tragedy "Othello" was first presented at Whitehall Palace in London. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1611, Shakespeare's romantic comedy "The Tempest" was first presented at Whitehall. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1765, the Stamp Act went into effect, prompting stiff resistance from American colonists. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1861, General George B. McClellan was made General-in-Chief of the Union armies. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1870, the United States Weather Bureau made its first meteorological observations. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1950, two Puerto Rican nationalists tried to force their way into Blair House in Washington to assassinate President Truman. The attempt failed, and one of the pair was killed. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1954, the western African nation of Algeria began its rebellion against French rule. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1973, following the "Saturday Night Massacre," Acting Attorney General Robert H. Bork appointed Leon Jaworski to be the new Watergate special prosecutor, succeeding Archibald Cox. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1979, former first lady Mamie Eisenhower died in Washington DC at age 82. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1989, East Germany reopened its border with Czechoslovakia, prompting tens of thousands of refugees to flee to the West. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">Ten years ago: During a trip to Orlando, Florida, President Bush accused Iraqi forces of engaging in "barbarism" and "brutality," adding, "I don't believe that Adolf Hitler ever participated in anything of that nature." </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">Five years ago: Bosnia peace talks opened in Dayton, Ohio, with the leaders of Bosnia, Serbia and Croatia present. The House voted to ban so-called "partial birth" abortions by a vote of 288-to-139. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">One year ago: Coast Guard crews searching for clues in the crash of EgyptAir Flight 990, which claimed 217 lives, found the first large piece of wreckage off the New England coast. Former Chicago Bears running back Walter Payton, the NFL's all-time leading rusher, died of bile duct cancer at age 45. </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>Good taste is the worst vice ever invented." </strong></font></p><p align="right"><font face="Arial" size="1"><em>-- Dame Edith Sitwell, English poet (1887-1964). </em></font></p></td></tr></tbody></table>