Today in History: Monday, October 08, 2012
歷史上的今天:2012年10月8日
On Oct. 8, 1871, the Great Chicago Fire erupted. The blaze destroyed four square miles of the city, killing about 250 people and leaving some 90,000 homeless.
1871年10月8日,芝加哥大爆發(fā)大火,燒毀了四平方英里的城市,造成約250人死亡,90000人無家可歸 。
1869 Franklin Pierce, the 14th president of the United States, died in Concord, N.H., at age 64.
1869年,美國第14任總統(tǒng)富蘭克林·皮爾斯在新罕布什爾州康科德逝世,享年64歲 。
1918 American Army Sgt. Alvin York almost single-handedly killed 25 German soldiers and captured 132 in the Argonne Forest in France.
1918年,美國陸軍中士Alvin York幾乎單槍匹馬殺死25德國士兵并在法國阿貢森林俘獲132名俘虜 。
1944 "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet" debuted on CBS Radio.
1944年,電影《奧茲和哈里特的冒險(xiǎn)》在CBS電臺首映 。
1945 President Harry S. Truman announced that the secret of the atomic bomb would be shared only with Britain and Canada.
1945年,杜魯門總統(tǒng)宣布原子彈的秘密將只與英國和加拿大共享 。
1956 Don Larsen pitched the only perfect game in a World Series as the New York Yankees beat the Brooklyn Dodgers 2-0 in Game 5.
1956年,在第五場比賽紐約洋基隊(duì)以2 - 0擊敗布魯克林道奇隊(duì)世界大賽中Don Larsen 完美上演 。
1959 Margaret Thatcher was first elected to the British Parliament as a Conservative representing the north London suburb of Finchley.
1959年,瑪格麗特·撒切爾作為倫敦北部芬奇利保守派代表,首次當(dāng)選為英國議會議員 。
1970 Soviet author Alexander Solzhenitsyn was named winner of the Nobel Prize for literature.
1970年,蘇聯(lián)作家亞歷山大·索爾仁尼琴提名諾貝爾文學(xué)獎得主 。
1982 Poland banned all labor organizations, including Solidarity.
1982年,波蘭禁止包括團(tuán)結(jié)在內(nèi)的所有勞動組織 。
1985 The hijackers of the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro killed American passenger Leon Klinghoffer and dumped his body and wheelchair overboard.
1985年,意大利大型游輪劫機(jī)者Achille Lauro殺死美國乘客Leon Klinghoffer并在船外丟棄了他的尸體和輪椅 。
2001 Former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge was sworn in as director of the new Office of Homeland Security.
2001年,前賓夕法尼亞州州長湯姆·里奇宣誓就任國土安全新辦公室主任 。
2004 Lifestyle guru Martha Stewart reported to prison to begin serving a sentence for lying about a stock sale.
2004年,據(jù)報(bào)道,時(shí)尚生活權(quán)威瑪莎·斯圖爾特因股票謊言開始在監(jiān)獄服刑 。
2005 A major earthquake flattened villages on the Pakistan-India border, killing an estimated 86,000 people.
2005年,大地震將巴基斯坦與印度邊境的村莊夷為平地,約86,000人遇難 。