Today in History: Tuesday, September 25, 2012
歷史上的今天:2012年9月25日,星期二
On Sept. 25, 1957, Nine black children who had been forced to withdraw from Central High School in Little Rock, Ark., because of unruly white crowds were escorted to class by members of the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division.
1957年9月25日,因不守規矩的白人群體由美國陸軍第101空降師的人員護送到教室,9名黑人兒童被迫從小石城中心高中退學 。
1493 Christopher Columbus set sail from Cadiz, Spain, with a flotilla of 17 ships on his second voyage to the Western Hemisphere.
1493年,克里斯托弗·哥倫布起航從西班牙加的斯起航,17艘小船隊完成了他的第二次西半球之行 。
1513 Spanish explorer Vasco Nunez de Balboa crossed the Isthmus of Panama to reach the Pacific Ocean.
1513年,西班牙探險家瓦斯科涅斯·德·巴爾博亞穿越巴拿馬地到達太平洋 。
1775 American Revolutionary War hero Ethan Allen was captured by the British as he led an attack on Montreal.
1775年,美國獨立戰爭英雄伊桑艾倫帶領襲擊蒙特利爾時被英軍俘虜 。
1789 The first United States Congress adopted 12 amendments to the Constitution and sent them to the states for ratification. (Ten of the amendments became the Bill of Rights.)
1789年,美國第一個國會對憲法進行了12個修正,并將其送往各州批準 。(修正案中的十項成了《權利法案》) 。
1890 Mormon president Wilford Woodruff issued a manifesto formally renouncing the practice of polygamy.
1890名,摩門教總統Wilford Woodruff宣布正式廢除一夫多妻制 。
1897 Author William Faulkner was born in New Albany, Miss.
1897年,作家威廉·福克納在密西西比新奧爾巴尼出生 。
1919 President Woodrow Wilson collapsed after a speech in Pueblo, Colo., during a tour in support of the Treaty of Versailles.
1919年,在支持《凡爾賽條約》巡游期間,在科羅拉多州發表演講后總統伍德羅·威爾遜垮臺 。
1956 The first trans-Atlantic telephone cable went into service.
1956年,第一個跨大西洋電話電纜投入運營 。
1980 Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham, 32, choked to death on his own vomit after a drinking binge.
1980年,32歲的飛艇樂隊鼓手約翰·博納姆在飲酒狂歡后嘔吐窒息身亡 。
1981 Sandra Day O'Connor was sworn in as the first female justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.
1981年,桑德拉·戴·奧康納宣誓就職,成為第一位女性美國最高法院大法官 。
2001 Saudi Arabia cut its relations with Afghanistan's ruling Taliban.
2001年,沙特阿拉伯斷絕與阿富汗塔利班的關系 。
2011 Two American hikers held for more than two years in an Iranian prison, returned to the United States.
2011年,兩名美國徒步旅行者在伊朗監獄關押兩年后回到美國 。