Today in History: Saturday, August 25, 2012
歷史上的今天:2012年8月25日
On Aug. 25, 1944, Paris was liberated by Allied forces after four years of Nazi occupation.
1944年4月25日,巴黎在被納粹占領(lǐng)四年后被盟軍解放 。
1718 Hundreds of French colonists arrived in Louisiana, with some of them settling in present-day New Orleans.
1718年,數(shù)百名法國(guó)殖民者抵達(dá)路易斯安那州,其中一些人定居在現(xiàn)如今的新奧爾良 。
1825 Uruguay declared its independence from Brazil.
1825年,烏拉圭從巴西手中宣布獨(dú)立 。
1875 Captain Matthew Webb became the first person to swim across the English Channel, traveling from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in 22 hours.
1875年,馬修·韋伯上尉成為第一個(gè)橫渡英吉利海峽的人,從英格蘭多佛法國(guó)到加萊歷時(shí)22小時(shí) 。
1916 The National Park Service was established within the Department of the Interior.
1916年,在內(nèi)政部下國(guó)家公園管理局成立 。
1921 The United States signed a peace treaty with Germany.
1921年,美國(guó)和德國(guó)簽署和平條約 。
1950 President Harry S. Truman ordered the Army to seize control of the nation's railroads to avert a strike.
1950年,杜魯門總統(tǒng)下令軍隊(duì)控制國(guó)家的鐵路以免發(fā)生罷工 。
1975 The album "Born to Run" by Bruce Springsteen was released.
1975年,Bruce Springsteen的專輯《為跑而生》發(fā)行 。
1984 Author Truman Capote was found dead at age 59.
1984年,作家杜魯門·卡波特去世,享年59歲 。
1985 Samantha Smith, the schoolgirl whose letter to Soviet leader Yuri V. Andropov resulted in her peace tour of the communist country, was killed with her father in an airplane crash in Maine.
1985年,中學(xué)女生薩曼莎·史密斯曾致信蘇聯(lián)領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人Yuri V. Andropov獲得訪問(wèn)這個(gè)共產(chǎn)主義國(guó)家的和平之旅,在緬因州和其父親在一次飛機(jī)事故中遇難 。
1997 The tobacco industry agreed to an $11.3 billion settlement with the state of Florida.
1997年,煙草行業(yè)同意與佛羅里達(dá)州達(dá)成一項(xiàng)113億美元的和解協(xié)議 。
1998 Former Supreme Court Justice Lewis F. Powell died at age 90.
1998年,前最高法院法官路易斯·鮑威爾去世,享年90歲 。
2003 Tennis champion Pete Sampras announced his retirement during a news conference at the U.S. Open in New York.
2003年,網(wǎng)球冠軍桑普拉斯在美國(guó)紐約一次新聞發(fā)布會(huì)上宣布退休 。
2009 South Korea's first rocket blasted off into space.
2009年,韓國(guó)第一枚火箭發(fā)射升空 。
2009 Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., died at age 77.
2009年,美國(guó)參議員愛德華·肯尼迪(D-Mass)逝世,享年77歲 。