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——我國首批赴美國進修學者抵達華盛頓。
2001
美國正式宣布給予中國永久正常貿易關係地位。
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.