Today in History: Saturday, October 06, 2012
歷史上的今天:2012年10月6日
On Oct. 6, 1981, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat was shot to death by Islamic militants while reviewing a military parade.
1981年10月6日,埃及總統安瓦爾·薩達特在閱兵時被伊斯蘭武裝分子射殺致死 。
1884 The Naval War College was established in Newport, R.I.
1884年,海軍戰爭學院在羅得島州紐波特成立 。
1889 The Moulin Rouge cabaret opened in Paris.
1889年,紅磨坊夜總會在巴黎開張 。
1927 The era of talking pictures arrived with the opening of "The Jazz Singer" starring Al Jolson.
1927年,隨著Al Jolson主演的《爵士歌王》上映,有聲電影時代到來 。
1949 American-born Iva Toguri D'Aquino, convicted as Japanese wartime broadcaster Tokyo Rose, was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
1949年,在美國出生的Toguri D'Aquino,定罪為日本站時廣播公司東京玫瑰,被判處10年監禁 。
1973 Egypt and Syria attacked Israel during the Yom Kippur holiday.
1973年,贖罪日,埃及和敘利亞攻擊以色列 。
1976 In a debate with Democratic candidate Jimmy Carter, President Gerald R. Ford asserted there was "no Soviet domination of eastern Europe." Ford later conceded that he had misspoken.
1976年,在與民主黨候選人吉米·卡特的一場辯論中,杰拉爾德·福特總統宣稱"沒有蘇聯的東歐主導地位" 。隨后福特承認當時失言了 。
1979 Pope John Paul II became the first pontiff to visit the White House, where he was received by President Jimmy Carter.
1979年,教皇約翰·保羅二世稱為第一個訪問白宮受到總統吉米·卡特接見的教皇 。
1987 The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 9-5 against the nomination of Robert H. Bork to the Supreme Court.
1987年,參議院司法委員會以9-5投票反對對羅伯特·博克進入最高法院的提名 。
2004 The top U.S. arms inspector in Iraq, Charles Duelfer, reported finding no evidence Saddam Hussein's regime had produced weapons of mass destruction after 1991.
2004年,伊拉克美國高級武器檢查員Charles Duelfer發表報告稱,自1991年后沒有發現薩達姆·政權產制造大規模殺傷性武器 。
2008 The Dow Jones industrial average closed below 10,000 for the first time since 2004.
2008年,道瓊斯工業平均指數收盤自2004年以來首次跌破10000點 。