【历史上的今天】12月07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:12月07日</h1></font></th></tr><tr><td><hr size="1" bgcolor="#d9d9d9"/></td></tr><tr><td><font face="Arial" size="2"><img height="109" hspace="2" src="/Uploadfile/2006-10/20061031145147734.gif" width="130" align="right" vspace="3" border="1" alt=""/></font><font face="Arial" size="2"><em><strong>Today's Highlight in History: </strong></em><br/>On December seventh, 1941, Japanese forces attacked American and British territories and possessions in the Pacific, including the home base of the US Pacific Fleet at <strong>Pearl Harbor </strong>in Hawaii. </font><p><font face="Arial" size="2"><em><strong>On this date: </strong></em><br/>In 1787, Delaware became the first state to ratify the US Constitution. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1796, electors chose John Adams to be the second president of the United States. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1836, Martin Van Buren was elected the eighth president of the United States. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1842, the New York Philharmonic gave its first concert. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1946, fire broke out at the Winecoff Hotel in Atlanta; the blaze killed 119 people, including hotel founder W. Frank Winecoff. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1972, America's last moon mission to date was launched as "Apollo 17" blasted off from Cape Canaveral. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1982, convicted murderer Charlie Brooks Junior became the first US prisoner to be executed by injection, at a prison in Huntsville, Texas. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1985, retired Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart died in Hanover, New Hampshire, at age 70. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1987, Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev set foot on American soil for the first time, arriving for a Washington summit with President Reagan. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">In 1988, a major earthquake in the Soviet Union devastated northern Armenia; official estimates put the death toll at 25,000. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">Ten years ago: East Germany's Communist Party agreed to cooperate with the opposition in paving the way for free elections and a revised constitution. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">Five years ago: PLO chairman Yasser Arafat, meeting with US Secretary of State Warren Christopher in Gaza City, pledged to protect Israelis from militant extremists. </font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">One year ago: On the eve of historic hearings, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Henry Hyde said there was a "compelling case" for impeaching President Clinton. Attorney General Janet Reno declined to seek an independent counsel investigation of President Clinton over 1996 campaign financing. </font></p><hr noshade="true" size="1"/><p align="center"><font face="Arial"><span class="thought">每日格言</span></font></p><p><strong>"</strong><font face="Arial" size="2"><strong>There are no warlike peoples -- just warlike leaders."</strong></font></p><p align="right"><font face="Arial" size="1"><em>-- Ralph Bunche, Nobel Peace laureate (1904-1971). </em></font></p></td></tr></tbody></table>