Today in History: Wednesday, August 08, 2012
歷史上的今天：2012年8月8日

On Aug. 8, 1974, President Richard M. Nixon announced he would resignfollowing damaging revelations in the Watergate scandal.
1974年8月8日，因水門事件丑聞影響，理查德·尼克松總統宣布他將辭職。

1815 Napoleon Bonaparte set sail for St. Helena, in the South Atlantic, to spend the remainder of his days in exile.
1815年，拿破侖·波拿巴起航前往南太平洋圣赫勒拿島，在那里度過自己流亡的剩余日子。

1844 Brigham Young was chosen to lead the Mormons following the killing of Joseph Smith.
1844年，楊百翰被選中領導摩門教徒殺害約瑟夫·史密斯。

1876 Thomas A. Edison received a patent for the mimeograph.
1876年，托馬斯愛迪生獲得油印機專利。

1945 President Harry S. Truman signed the United Nations Charter.
1945年，杜魯門總統簽署了《聯合國憲章》。

1945 The Soviet Union declared war against Japan during World WarII.
1945年，蘇聯在第二次世界大戰中對日宣戰。

1963 Britain's "Great Train Robbery" took place as thieves made off with 2.6 million pounds in banknotes from a train they stopped north of London.
1963年，英國發生“火車大劫案”，小偷攜帶260萬英鎊的鈔票從倫敦北部一輛他們阻止的火車上匆匆逃離。

1968 Richard M. Nixon was nominated for president at the Republican National Convention in Miami Beach and chose Maryland Gov. Spiro T.Agnew to be his running mate.
1968年，在邁哈密海灘共和黨全國代表大會上理查德·尼克松被提名總統，并選出斯皮羅·阿格紐作為他的競選伙伴。

1988 U.N. Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar announced a cease-fire between Iran and Iraq.
1988年聯合國秘書長佩雷斯·德奎利亞爾宣布伊朗和伊拉克停火協議。

2005 Iran resumed work at a uranium conversion facility after suspending activities for nine months to avoid U.N. Sanctions.
2005年，在避免聯合國制裁擱置活動9個月后，伊朗重新開啟鈾轉化工廠。

2006 Sen. Joseph Lieberman lost the Connecticut Democratic primary to political newcomer Ned Lamont.

2006年，參議員約瑟夫•利伯曼在康涅狄格州民主黨初選中不敵政治新人奈德•拉蒙特。

2008 The Summer Olympic Games opened in Beijing.
2008年，北京舉辦夏季奧運會。

2008 Former Democratic vice-presidential nominee John Edwards admitted having had an extramarital affair.
2008年，前民主黨副總統候選人約翰·愛德華茲承認發生婚外情。

2009 Sonia Sotomayor was sworn in as the U.S. Supreme Court's first Hispanic and third female justice.
2009年，索尼亞·索托馬約爾宣誓就職美國最高法院大法官，這是該法院的第一位拉丁裔和第三位女性大法官。