Today in History, Wednesday, August 29, 2012
歷史上的今天,2012年8月29日,星期三
On Aug. 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall along the Louisana coast, overwhelming the levees protecting New Orleans and causing massive flooding. More than 1,800 people died.
2005年8月29日,卡特里娜颶風沿著路易斯安娜海岸登陸,淹沒了新奧爾良防護堤壩并引發巨大洪災,1,800多人遇難 。
1533 The last Incan king, Atahualpa, was murdered on orders from Spanish conqueror Francisco Pizarro.
1533年,印加最后一位國王阿塔瓦爾帕因西班牙征服者弗朗西斯科·皮薩羅下達命令而被謀殺 。
1632 English philosopher John Locke was born in Somerset.
1632年,英國哲學家約翰·洛克在薩默塞特出生 。
1877 Brigham Young, the second president of the Mormon Church, died in Salt Lake City at age 76.
1877年,摩門教徒第二任總統楊百翰死于鹽湖城,享年76歲 。
1944 American troops marched down the Champs Elysees in Paris as the French capital continued to celebrate its liberation from the Nazis.
1944年,美國軍隊行進至巴黎香榭麗大街,法國首都持續慶祝從納粹手中解放 。
1957 Sen. Strom Thurmond, D-S.C., ended the longest filibuster in Senate history after talking for 24 hours, 18 minutes against a civil rights bill.
1957年,參議員斯特羅姆?瑟蒙德經24小時,18分鐘反對民權法案交談后,結束了參議院史上最長的阻撓議事 。
1958 Pop singer Michael Jackson was born in Gary, Ind.
1958年,流行歌手邁克爾·杰克遜出生于印第安納州加里 。
1965 Gemini 5, carrying astronauts Gordon Cooper and Charles "Pete" Conrad, splashed down in the Atlantic after eight days in space.
1965年,雙子座5號航天器搭載宇航員戈登·庫珀和查爾斯·皮特康拉德飛行8天后降落在太平洋 。
1966 The Beatles performed their last concert, at Candlestick Park in San Francisco.
1966年,披頭士樂隊在舊金山燭臺公園進行他們最后的音樂會 。
1996 President Bill Clinton's chief political strategist, Dick Morris, resigned amid a scandal over his relationship with a prostitute.
1996年,比爾·克林頓總統的首席政治策略師迪克?莫里斯因與一名妓女發生關系的丑聞而辭職 。
2000 Pope John Paul II endorsed organ donation and adult stem cell study but condemned human cloning and embryo experiments.
2000年,教皇約翰·保羅二世支持器官捐獻和成人干細胞研究,但譴責人類克隆和胚胎實驗 。
2008 Republican John McCain picked Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to be his vice-presidential running mate.
2008年,共和黨總統候選人約翰·麥凱恩選擇阿拉斯加州長莎拉佩林為他的副總統競選伙伴 。
2009 Funeral services were held in Boston for Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, who was eulogized by President Barack Obama; hours later, Kennedy's remains were buried at Arlington National Cemetery outside Washington.
2009年,在波士頓舉行參議員愛德華·肯尼迪的葬禮,愛德華此前備受奧巴馬稱贊 。數小時后,肯尼迪的遺體被埋在華盛頓外的阿靈頓國家公墓 。
2011 In a sign Moammar Gadhafi had lost grip on his country, his wife and three of his children fled Libya to neighboring Algeria.
2011年,穆阿邁爾·卡扎菲已失去對國家的控制,他的妻子和三個孩子逃離利比亞到鄰國阿爾及利亞 。