Today in History: Thursday, September 20, 2012
歷史上的今天:周四,2012年9月20日
On Sept. 20,1519 Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan set out from Spain on a voyage to find a western passage to the Spice Islands in Indonesia.
1519年9月20日,葡萄牙航海家費(fèi)迪南·麥哲倫從西班牙航行出發(fā)找到了一條通往印尼香料島的西方通道 。
1870 Italian troops took control of the Papal States, leading to the unification of Italy.
1870年,意大利軍隊(duì)控制了教皇國(guó)致使意大利統(tǒng)一 。
1873 Panic swept the New York Stock Exchange in the wake of railroad bond defaults and bank failures.
1873年,因鐵路債券違約以及銀行倒閉后,恐慌席卷紐約證券交易 。
1881 Chester A. Arthur was sworn in as the 21st president of the United States, succeeding James A. Garfield, who had been assassinated.
1881年,Chester A.Arthur接任被暗殺的James A.Garfield,宣誓就任美國(guó)第21屆總統(tǒng) 。
1962, James Meredith, a black man, was blocked from enrolling at the University of Mississippi by Gov. Ross R. Barnett.
1962年,黑人詹姆斯梅瑞狄斯被Ross R.Barnett政府禁止進(jìn)入密西西比大學(xué) 。
1973 In their so-called "battle of the sexes" on the tennis court, Billie Jean King beat Bobby Riggs 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 at the Houston Astrodome.
1973年,在一場(chǎng)他們稱(chēng)作“陰陽(yáng)爭(zhēng)霸”的網(wǎng)球賽場(chǎng)上,Billie Jean King在休斯敦運(yùn)動(dòng)場(chǎng)以6 - 3,6 - 4擊敗了鮑比·里格斯 。
1977 The first wave of Southeast Asian "boat people" arrived in San Francisco under a U.S. resettlement program.
1977年,在美國(guó)重置計(jì)劃下,第一波的東南亞“船民”抵達(dá)舊金山 。
1984 A suicide car bomber attacked the U.S. Embassy annex in north Beirut, killing a dozen people.
1984年,一次自殺式汽車(chē)炸彈襲擊了北貝魯特附近的美國(guó)大使館,造成12人遇難 。
2005 Holocaust survivor and Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal died at age 96.
2005年,大屠殺幸存者和納粹獵人西蒙?維森塔爾去世,享年96歲 。
2011 Repeal of the U.S. military's 18-year-old "don't ask, don't tell" compromise took effect, allowing gay and lesbian service members to serve openly.
2011年,美國(guó)軍事中18歲“不許問(wèn),不許說(shuō)”廢除方案生效,允許公開(kāi)服役軍人同性戀活動(dòng) 。