Today in History: Tuesday, August 21, 2012
歷史上的今天 2012年8月21日
1991 A hard-line coup against Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev collapsed in the face of a popular uprising led by Russian federation President Boris Yeltsin.
1991年,面對由俄羅斯聯邦總統葉利欽領導的大范圍起義,反對前蘇聯總統戈爾巴喬夫的強硬政變瓦解 。
1831 Nat Turner launched a short-lived, violent slave rebellion in Virginia.
1831年,在弗吉利亞州,Nat Turner發動了一場短暫,暴力的奴隸反抗運動 。
1858 The first of seven debates between U.S. Senate candidates Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas took place in Ottawa, Ill.
1858年,在渥太華,美國參議院候選人亞伯拉罕林肯和史蒂芬道格拉斯開始七場辯論賽的第一場 。
1878 The American Bar Association was founded in Saratoga, N.Y.
1878年,美國律師協會在紐約薩拉托加成立 。
1904 Jazz musician and bandleader William "Count" Basie was born in Red Bank, N.J.
1904年,爵士音樂家和樂隊指揮巴錫威廉在新澤西雷德班克出生 。
1940, exiled Russian Communist revolutionary Leon Trotsky died in Mexico City from wounds inflicted by an assassin.
1940年,逃亡的俄羅斯共產主義革命者托洛次基·里昂因遭刺客襲擊受傷死亡 。
1959 President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed an executive order proclaiming Hawaii the 50th state of the union.
1959年,總統艾森豪威爾簽署了一項行政命令,宣布夏威夷為美國聯邦第50個州 。
1983 Philippine opposition leader Benigno S. Aquino Jr., ending a self-imposed exile in the United States, was shot dead moments after stepping off a plane at Manila International Airport.
1983年,菲律賓反對派領導人貝尼尼奧·阿基諾在美國結束了自愿承擔的流放生活,在走下馬尼拉國際機場后不久被射殺身亡 。
1987 Sgt. Clayton Lonetree, the first Marine ever court-martialed for spying, was convicted in Quantico, Va., of passing secrets to the KGB.
1987年,第一位海軍士兵Sgt.Clayton Lonetree因泄露克格勃(前蘇聯的秘密警察)的情報在弗吉尼亞匡蒂科被軍事法庭被判有罪 。
2002 A jury in San Diego convicted David Westerfield of kidnapping and killing 7-year-old Danielle van Dam. (He was later sentenced to death.)
2002年,圣地亞哥一陪審團宣判David westerfield因綁架和殺害七歲小女孩Danielle Van Dam被判處有罪 。
2006 British prosecutors announced that 11 people had been charged in an alleged plot to blow up trans-Atlantic jetliners bound for the United States.
2006年,在一起聲稱炸毀橫跨太平洋前往美國的客機密謀中,英國檢察官宣布11人已經被指控 。
2009 Leaders of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America voted to lift a ban that prohibited sexually active gays and lesbians from serving as ministers.
2009年,美國福音路德教會的領導人投票解除了性活躍的男女同性戀不能擔任部長的禁令 。