【历史上的今天】11月20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20日</h1></font></th></tr><tr><td><hr size="1" bgcolor="#d9d9d9"/></td></tr><tr><td><img height="118" hspace="4" src="/Uploadfile/2006-10/20061031143937734.gif" width="120" align="right" vspace="3" alt=""/><font face="Arial" size="2"><em><strong>Today's Highlight in History: <br/></strong></em>On November 20th, 1947, Britain's future queen, </font><font face="Arial" color="#000080" size="2"><strong>Princess Elizabeth</strong></font><font face="Arial" size="2">, married </font><font face="Arial" color="#000080" size="2"><strong>Philip Mountbatten</strong></font><font face="Arial" size="2">, Duke of Edinburgh, in a ceremony broadcast worldwide from Westminster Abbey. </font><p><font face="Arial" size="2"><em><strong>On this date: <br/></strong></em>In 1789, New Jersey became the first state to ratify the Bill of Rights. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1910, revolution broke out in Mexico, led by Francisco I. Madero. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1925, Robert F. Kennedy was born in Brookline, Massachusetts. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1929, the radio program "The Rise of the Goldbergs" debuted on the NBC Blue Network. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1945, 24 Nazi leaders went on trial before an international war crimes tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1959, the United Nations issued its "Declaration of the Rights of the Child." </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1967, the Census Clock at the Commerce Department ticked past 200 million. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1969, the Nixon administration announced a halt to residential use of the pesticide DDT as part of a total phaseout. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1975, after nearly four decades of absolute rule, Spain's General Francisco Franco died, two weeks before his 83rd birthday. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1977, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat became the first Arab leader to address Israel's parliament. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">Ten years ago: The Soviet Union again rebuffed President Bush's efforts to rally support for a UN Security Council resolution authorizing military force against Iraq. The space shuttle "Atlantis" landed at Cape Canaveral, Florida, after completing a secret military mission. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">Five years ago: Federal employees idled during a government shutdown returned to their jobs. Olympic figure skating champion Sergei Grinkov died of a heart attack in Lake Placid, New York. BBC Television broadcast an interview with Princess Diana, who admitted being unfaithful to Prince Charles. Radio stations began airing a new Beatles recording, "Free As a Bird," which had debuted on ABC TV the night before. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">One year ago: A day after violent anti-American protests in Greece, President Clinton sought to heal old wounds by acknowledging the United States had failed its "obligation to support democracy" when it backed Greek's harsh military junta during the Cold War. </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>Distrust that man who tells you to distrust."</strong></font></p><p align="right"><font face="Arial" size="1"><em>-- Ella Wheeler Wilcox, American poet and journalist (1850-1919).</em></font></p></td></tr></tbody></table>