Today's Highlight in History:
One year ago, on January seventh, 1999, for the second time in history, an impeached弹劾，怀疑 American president went on trial before the Senate. President Clinton faced charges of perjury伪证，伪誓 and obstruction妨碍，阻碍 of justice; he was acquitted无罪开释.

On this date:
In 1610, the astronomer Galileo Galilei sighted four of Jupiter's moons.

In 1800, the 13th president of the United States, Millard Fillmore, was born in Summerhill, New York.

In 1894, one of the earliest motion picture电影 experiments took place at the Thomas Edison studio in West Orange, New Jersey, as comedian Fred Ott was filmed sneezing打喷嚏.

In 1927, commercial transatlantic大西洋彼岸的 telephone service was inaugurated开始，开幕 between New York and London.

In 1942, the World War Two siege围攻，包围 of Bataan began.

In 1953, President Truman announced in his State of the Union address that the United States had developed a hydrogen bomb.

In 1959, the United States recognized Fidel Castro's new government in Cuba.

In 1972, Lewis F. Powell Junior and William H. Rehnquist were sworn in as the 99th and 100th members of the US Supreme Court.

In 1979, Vietnamese forces captured the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh, overthrowing推翻，颠覆 the Khmer Rouge government.

In 1989, Emperor Hirohito of Japan died in Tokyo at age 87; he was succeeded by his son, Crown Prince Akihito.

Ten years ago: The president of El Salvador, Alfredo Cristiani, said in a nationally broadcast address that military men had carried out the massacre大屠杀 of six Jesuit priests, their housekeeper and her daughter the previous November.

Five years ago: Major General Viktor Vorobyov, a senior commander leading Russian troops in their advance on the secessionist分离主义者 capital of Chechnya, was killed by a mortar灰泥，迫击炮 shell.