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历史上的今天:11月30日

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历史上的今天:11月30日

Happy Birthday, Isaac, Marriyan and all who were born on November 30th!


·1835年11月30日美国作家马克-吐温出生
·1939年11月30日苏芬战争爆发(图文)
·1949年11月30日重庆解放
·1969年11月30日越战中的美莱村大屠杀被揭发(图文)
·1994年11月30日北京养犬有了法律说法




Today's Highlight in History:
On November 30th, 1782, the United States and Britain signed preliminary peace articles in Paris, ending the Revolutionary War.

On this date:
In 1804, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase went on trial, accused of political bias. (He was acquitted by the Senate.)

In 1835, Samuel Langhorne Clemens -- better known as author Mark Twain -- was born in Florida, Missouri.

In 1874, British statesman Sir Winston Churchill was born at Blenheim Palace.

In 1900, Irish author Oscar Wilde died in Paris.

In 1936, London's famed Crystal Palace, constructed for the International Exhibition of 1851, was destroyed in a fire.

In 1939, the Russo-Finnish War began as Soviet troops invaded Finland.

In 1949, Chinese Communists captured Chungking.

In 1962, U Thant of Burma was elected Secretary-General of the United Nations, succeeding the late Dag Hammarskjold.

In 1966, the former British colony of Barbados became independent.

In 1993, President Clinton signed into law the Brady gun control bill.

Ten years ago: President Bush left Washington for his first summit with Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev that took place aboard ships off the Mediterranean island of Malta. Alfred Herrhausen, chairman of West Germany's largest bank, was killed in a bombing claimed by the Red Army Faction.

Five years ago: Two passengers died and nearly one-thousand others and crew members fled the cruise ship "Achille Lauro" after it caught fire off the coast of Somalia; the ship sank two days later. (The Achille Lauro had gained notoriety in 1985 when it was hijacked by Palestinian extremists.)

One year ago: Quebec's separatist premier, Lucien Bouchard, was returned to power, but with only 43 percent of the vote, setting back the Parti Quebecois' goal of seeking independence from Canada. Deutsche Bank AG officially announced it was acquiring Bankers Trust Corporation for more than $10 billion.


每日格言

"`Classic': a book which people praise and don't read."

-- Mark Twain (1835-1910).


历史上的今天2006-11-29 14:00:25
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出生

历史上的今天:英国前首相丘吉尔逝世2006-11-29 13:47:11
    

    温斯顿·伦纳德·斯潘塞·丘吉尔是20世纪最负盛名的英国资产阶级政治家,是大英帝国利益的坚决捍卫者。他为大英帝国的利益奋斗了一生。

    丘吉尔出身于贵族家庭,从小受到典型的英国式教育。他曾三考军校,最后毕业于桑赫斯特皇家军事学院。丘吉尔参加了英国在古巴、印度、苏丹、南非的殖民战争,并于1900年当选为下院议员,加入保守党,从此开始了他漫长的政治生涯。

    1906年,32岁的丘吉尔首次入阁,先后担任了殖民副大臣、商务大臣、内政大臣等职。第一次世界大战期间,他担任过海军大臣、军需大臣,当时,他积极鼓吹把俄国新生的苏维埃政权“掐死在摇蓝里”。1924年到1929年,丘吉尔担任财政大臣时,咒骂罢工工人是“民族的敌人”。第二次世界大战爆发以后,丘吉尔重新担任海军大臣,并于1940年5月到1945年7月出任首相兼国防大臣。二战期间,他领导英国人民坚决抗战,挽救民族危亡,为争取世界反法西斯战争的胜利作出了不可磨灭的贡献。战后他到美国发表“冷战”演说,并力图加强英国在世界事务中的作用。1951年,77岁的丘吉尔再次出任保守党政府首相,但那时他已力不从心,无法阻止大英殖民帝国的崩溃,4年后,他辞职退休。1963年4月9日,丘吉尔在接受美国“荣誉公民”称号时发表书面讲话,回顾了自己所走过的路程。他说:“我曾取得过很多成就,但到头来却是一场空”。

    1965年1月初,丘吉尔因患感冒而卧床不起,15日因脑溢血而昏迷,24日逝世,享年91岁。1月30日,英国为他举行了隆重的国葬。

    丘吉尔不仅是一位政治家,而且还是一位著名的演说家和作家。青年时他著有《马拉坎德远征史》、《河上战争》等,成名之后他的著作有《第二次世界大战回忆录》(6卷)、《英语民族史》(4卷)、《世界危机》(4卷)、《马尔巴罗的生平与时代》(4卷)等。由于《第二次世界大战回忆录》等历史著作和演说,丘吉尔曾在1953年获得诺贝尔文学奖。


1951年丘吉尔在选举中没有忘掉他“二战”时常用的“V”型手势
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阿涓 回复 悄悄话 糊涂的表走得好快啊,今天已经是30号了吗?
你该不会是已经走到地球的那一边了吧?
祝你旅途愉快!
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