Today in History: Friday, September 21, 2012
歷史上的今天:星期五,2012年9月21日
On Sept. 21, 1998 President Bill Clinton's videotaped grand jury testimony in the Monica Lewinsky scandal was publicly broadcast, showing him answering one question from prosecutors by saying, "It depends on what the meaning of 'is' is."
1998年9月21日,在莫妮卡·萊溫斯基丑聞中比爾·克林頓總統陪審團作證錄像被公開廣播,他這樣回答檢察官的一個問題“這取決于這是什么意思” 。
1792, the French National Convention voted to abolish the monarchy.
1792年,法國國民大會投票廢除君主制 。
1897 The New York Sun ran an editorial answering a question from an 8-year-old girl that included the line, "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus."
1897年,《紐約太陽報》刊登了一篇社論回答一個8歲女孩的問題,“是的,維吉尼亞有一個圣誕老人 。”
1931 Britain went off the gold standard.
1931年,英國放棄金本位制度 。
1937 "The Hobbit" by J.R.R. Tolkien was published.
1937年,J.R.R Tolkien著作的《哈比人歷險記》出版 。
1938 A hurricane struck parts of New York and New England, causing widespread damage and claiming more than 600 lives.
1938年,一場颶風襲擊了紐約和新英格蘭部分地區,造成大范圍破壞及600多人喪身 。
1948 Milton Berle debuted as permanent host of "The Texaco Star Theater" on NBC.
1948年,作為NBC“德士古明星劇場”的老牌主持人彌爾頓·伯雷首次亮相 。
1957 "Perry Mason," starring Raymond Burr, premiered on CBS.
1957年,由Raymond burr主演的“Perry Mason”在哥倫比亞廣播公司首演 。
1964 Malta gained independence from Britain.
1964年, 馬耳他脫離英國獲得獨立 。
1970 "NFL Monday Night Football" debuted on ABC.
1970年,“NFL周一晚間橄欖球”節目在ABC首次上演 。
1982 National Football League players began a 57-day strike.
1982年,全國橄欖球聯盟玩家開始一次為期57天的罷工 。
1983 Interior Secretary James G. Watt described a special advisory panel as consisting of "a black ... a woman, two Jews and a cripple." Watt later apologized and resigned.
1983年,內政部長詹姆斯·瓦特將一個特殊組成的顧問小組描述成“一個黑人,一個女人,兩個猶太人和一個跛子 ?!笔潞笸咛氐狼覆⑥o職 。
1996 The board of Virginia Military Institute voted to admit women.
1996年,弗吉尼亞軍事學院董事會投票接納女性 。
1998 Olympic gold medal track star Florence Griffith Joyner, 38, died in her sleep after suffering an epilectic seizure.
1998年,38歲的奧運會金牌田徑明星Florence Griffith Joyner因患癲癇在睡夢中死去 。
2001 Congress approved $15 billion to help an airline industry reeling from the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
2001年,美國國會批準了150億美元幫助遭“9·11”恐怖襲擊的航空工業 。
2004 The album "American Idiot" by Green Day was released.
2004年,Green Day專輯《美國白癡》發布 。
2008 "Mad Men" became the first basic-cable show to win a top series Emmy award.
2008年,《廣告狂人》成為第一個獲得獲得最高系列艾美獎基本有線電視節目 。