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Today in History: Tuesday, August 14, 2012
歷史上的今天:2012年8月14日
1945 President Harry S. Truman announced that Japan had surrendered unconditionally, ending World War II.
1945年,杜魯門總統宣布日本無條件投降了，第二次世界大戰結束。
1848 The Oregon Territory was established.
1848年，美國俄勒岡州建立。
1917 China declared war on Germany and Austria during World War I.
1917年，第一次世界大戰期間，中國對德國和奧地利宣戰。
1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law, creating unemployment insurance and pension plans for the elderly.
1935年,美國總統富蘭克林•羅斯福簽署社會安全法案，為老年人創造失業保險和養老金計劃。
1941 President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill issued the Atlantic Charter, a statement of principles that renounced aggression.
1941年，羅斯福總統以及英國首相溫斯頓•丘吉爾發表《大西洋憲章》，一項放棄侵略的原則聲明。
1947 Pakistan became independent of British rule.
1947年，巴基斯坦從英國統治中獨立。
1969 British troops arrived in Northern Ireland to intervene in sectarian violence between Protestants and Roman Catholics.
1969年，英國軍隊抵達北愛爾蘭調停新教徒和羅馬天主教徒間的教派暴力沖突。
1973 U.S. bombing of Cambodia came to a halt.
1973年，美國對柬埔寨的轟炸結束。
1980 Workers went on strike at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdansk, Poland - a job action that resulted in the creation of the Solidarity labor movement.
1980年，在波蘭格丹斯克，工人在列寧造船廠罷工，這一罷工行為導致了團結工會運動。
1980 President Jimmy Carter and Vice President Walter Mondale were nominated for a second term at the Democratic National Convention in New York.
1980年，卡特總統和副總統沃爾特•蒙代爾在紐約民主黨全國大會被提名連任。
1996 The Republican National Convention in San Diego nominated Bob Dole for president and Jack Kemp for vice president.
1996年，圣地亞哥共和黨全國大會提名鮑勃•多爾為總統和杰克•坎普為副總統。
1997 An unrepentant Timothy McVeigh was sentenced to death for the Oklahoma City bombing.
1997年，死不悔改的蒂莫西•麥克維因俄克拉荷馬城爆炸案被判處死刑。
2003 A blackout hit the northeastern United States and part of Canada; 50 million people lost power.
2003年，美國東北部和加拿大部分地區斷電，5,000萬人無電可用。
2006 Israel halted its offensive against Hezbollah guerrillas as a U.N.-imposed cease-fire went into effect after a month of warfare that killed more than 900 people.
2006年，經過一個月的戰亂900多人死亡后，因聯合國施加的停火協議奏效，以色列停止了對真主黨游擊隊的進攻。
