Today in History: Friday, September 07, 2012
歷史上的今天:2012年7月9日,星期五
On Sept. 7, 1940, Nazi Germany's air force began its blitz on London during World War II.
1940年9月7日,二戰期間,納粹德國空軍開始向倫敦展開大規模空襲 。
1533 England's Queen Elizabeth I was born in Greenwich.
1533年,英國女王伊麗莎白一世在格林威治出生 。
1822 Brazil declared its independence from Portugal.
1822年,巴西宣布脫離葡萄牙獨立 。
1927 TV pioneer Philo T. Farnsworth succeeded in transmitting an image through purely electronic means by using a device called an image dissector.
1927年,電視先驅菲羅·范斯沃斯使用一種叫圖像分析器的設備,通過純粹的電子方式成功的傳送了一張圖片 。
1936 Rock musician Buddy Holly was born Charles Hardin Holley in Lubbock, Texas.
1936年,搖滾音樂家巴迪·霍利在德克薩斯州盧博克市Charles Hardin Holley出生 。
1957 NBC-TV debuted the original version of its animated peacock logo.
1957年,NBC電視臺原始版標志卡通孔雀首次亮相 。
1977 The Panama Canal treaties, calling for the United States to turn over control of the waterway to Panama, were signed in Washington, D.C.
1977年,要求美國移交通往巴拿馬航道控制權的巴拿馬運河條約在華盛頓簽署 。
1979 ESPN made its cable TV debut.
1979年,ESPN首次播放有線電視 。
1986 Desmond Tutu was installed as the first black to lead the Anglican Church in southern Africa.
1986年,在非洲南部,Desmond Tutu成為第一位領導英國國教的黑人 。
1996 Rapper Tupac Shakur was shot on the Las Vegas Strip; he died six days later at age 25.
1996年,說唱歌手圖帕克·沙克在拉斯維加斯大道被射殺六天后死亡,年僅25歲 。
1998 St. Louis Cardinals slugger Mark McGwire hit his 61st home run of the season, equaling Roger Maris' single-season home run record.
1998年,圣路易紅雀隊種子選手馬克·麥奎爾本賽季擊打出了他的第61個本壘打,相當于羅杰·馬立斯的單賽季本壘打記錄 。
2006 Former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage confirmed he was the source of a leak that disclosed the identity of CIA employee Valerie Plame, saying he didn't realize Plame's job was covert.
2006年,前副國務卿理查德·阿米蒂奇證實他透露了中情局雇員瓦萊麗·普拉姆身份,稱他沒有意識到普萊姆的工作是隱蔽 。
2008 Troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were placed in government conservatorship.
2008年,身陷困境的抵押貸款巨頭范尼梅和弗雷德馬克交由政府接管 。