【历史上的今天】11月23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23日</h1></font></th></tr><tr><td><hr size="1" bgcolor="#d9d9d9"/></td></tr><tr><td><font face="Arial" size="2"><em><strong>Today's Highlight in History: <br/></strong></em><img height="128" hspace="4" src="/Uploadfile/2006-10/20061031144148734.gif" width="110" align="right" vspace="3" alt=""/></font><font face="Arial" size="2">On November 23rd, 1903, singer Enrico Caruso made his American debut at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, appearing in "Rigoletto." </font><p><font face="Arial" size="2"><em><strong>On this date: <br/></strong></em>In 1765, Frederick County, Maryland, repudiated the British Stamp Act. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1804, the 14th president of the United States, </font><font face="Arial" color="#000080" size="2"><strong>Franklin Pierce</strong></font><font face="Arial" size="2">, was born in Hillsboro, New Hampshire. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1889, the first jukebox made its debut in San Francisco, at the Palais Royale Saloon. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1936, "Life," the magazine created by Henry R. Luce, was first published. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1943, during World War Two, US forces seized control of Tarawa and Makin atolls from the Japanese. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1945, most US wartime rationing of foods, including meat and butter, ended. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1959, the musical "Fiorello!," with music by Jerry Bock and lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, opened on Broadway. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1971, the People's Republic of China was seated in the UN Security Council. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1980, some 4800 people were killed by a series of earthquakes that devastated southern Italy. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1996, a hijacked Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 767 crashed into the waves off Comoros Islands, killing 125 of the 175 people on board. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">Ten years ago: President Bush conferred separately with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Cairo and Syrian President Hafez Assad in Geneva, seeking Arab support for his drive to expel Iraqi troops from Kuwait. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">Five years ago: Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic grudgingly accepted the US-backed peace plan for the former Yugoslavia after meeting with Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic. Movie director Louis Malle died in Beverly Hills, California, at age 63. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">One year ago: In a plea met with scant applause and silent stares, President Clinton told ethnic Albanians in Kosovo that "you must try" to forgive Serb neighbors and stop punishing them for the terror campaign of Slobodan Milosevic. Defense Secretary William Cohen called for a military-wide review of conduct after a Pentagon study said up to 75 percent of blacks and other ethnic minorities reported experiencing racially offensive behavior. </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>I'm a realist and so I think regretting is a useless occupation. You help no one with it. But you can't live without illusions even if you must fight for them, such as `love conquers all.' It isn't true, but I would like it to be."</strong></font></p><p align="right"><font face="Arial" size="1"><em>-- Marlene Dietrich, German-born actress (1901-1992).</em></font></p></td></tr></tbody></table>