Today in History: Monday, September 17, 2012
歷史上的今天:2012年9月17日,周一
On Sept. 17, 1862, Union forces hurled back a Confederate invasion of Maryland in the Civil War battle of Antietam. With nearly 23,000 killed, wounded and missing or captured, it remains the bloodiest day in U.S. military history.
1986年9月17日,在安提塔姆內戰中聯邦軍隊猛烈擊退了入侵馬里蘭聯盟入侵,這場造成了近23,000人死亡、受傷、失蹤或被捕的戰役是美國軍事史上最血腥的一天 。
1787 The U.S. Constitution was completed and signed by a majority of delegates attending the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia.
1787年,在費城參加憲法議會的代表完成并簽署了美國憲法 。
1907 Warren Burger, the 15th chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, was born in St. Paul, Minn.
1907年,美國最高法院第15任首席大法官沃倫·伯格在圣保羅明尼蘇達州出生 。
1920 The American Professional Football Association - a precursor of the National Football League - was formed in Canton, Ohio.
1920年,美國國家橄欖球聯盟的前身美國職業足球協會在俄亥俄州坎頓市成立 。
1939 The Soviet Union invaded Poland during World War II.
1939年,二戰期間蘇聯入侵波蘭 。
1947 James V. Forrestal was sworn in as the first U.S. secretary of defense.
1947年,詹姆斯福里斯特爾宣誓就任第一美國國防部長 。
1972 The comedy series "M.A.S.H." premiered on CBS.
1972年,喜劇系列"M.A.S.H"在哥倫比亞廣播公司首演 。
1976 NASA unveiled the space shuttle Enterprise.
1976年,美國國家航空航天局公布了航天飛機計劃 。
1980 Former Nicaraguan president Anastasio Somoza was assassinated in Paraguay.
1980年,前尼加拉瓜總統Anastasio Somoza在巴拉圭被暗殺 。
1986 The Senate confirmed the nomination of William H. Rehnquist as the 16th chief justice of the United States.
1986年,參議院確認提名威廉·倫奎斯特為美國第十六任首席大法官 。
1996 Former Vice President Spiro T. Agnew died at age 77.
1996年,前副總統斯皮羅·阿格紐去世,享年77歲 。
2001 Wall Street trading resumed for the first time since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks - its longest shutdown since the Depression; the Dow lost 684.81 points, its worst one-day point drop to date.
2001年,自“9·11”恐怖襲擊以來華爾街首次恢復交易——這是自經濟大蕭條以來最長的停頓,道瓊斯指數下跌了684.81點,這是迄今為止最大單日下跌點數 。
2001 Pro sporting events resumed after a six-day hiatus following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
2001年,9·11恐怖襲擊之六天后職業體育賽事重新恢復 。
2003 New York Stock Exchange chairman Dick Grasso resigned amid a furor over his $139.5 million pay package.
2003年,紐約股票交易所董事長迪克?格拉索因他的1.395億美元薪酬鬧得沸沸揚揚而辭職 。
2004 Chechen warlord Shamil Basayev claimed responsibility for the recent school siege in Beslan and other terrorist attacks in Russia that claimed more than 430 lives.
2004年,車臣軍閥巴薩耶夫組織聲稱對近期在別斯蘭學校圍攻事件和俄羅斯其它造成430多人死亡的恐怖襲擊事件負責 。
2011 A demonstration calling itself Occupy Wall Street began in New York.
2011年,紐約開始占領華爾街示威游行 。