On this day in 1949, four years after nationalist revolutionary leader Sukarno had declared Indonesia's independence, formal sovereignty over the country was transferred from the Dutch to the United States of Indonesia.
1978年——我国首批赴美国进修学者抵达华盛顿。
2001
美国正式宣布给予中国永久正常贸易关系地位。
China receives permanent normal trade relations with the US.
Pakistani politician Benazir Bhutto, the first woman leader of a Muslim nation in modern history, was assassinated in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, while campaigning for upcoming parliamentary elections.