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Today in History: Saturday, December 08, 2012
歷史上的今天：2012年12月8日，星期六
On Dec. 8, 1941, the United States entered World War II as Congress declared war against Japan one day after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
1941年12月8日，日本偷襲珍珠港后一天美國國會對日宣戰，加入第二次世界大戰。
1776George Washington's retreating army crossed the Delaware River from New Jersey to Pennsylvania during the Revolutionary War.
1776年，獨立戰爭期間，喬治華盛頓撤退的軍隊穿越特拉華河從新澤西前往賓夕法尼亞州。
1854Pope Pius IX proclaimed the Catholic dogma of the Immaculate Conception, which holds that Mary, the mother of Jesus, was free of original sin from the moment of her own conception.
1854年，教皇庇護九世宣布圣靈感孕說天主教教義，認為耶穌的母親瑪麗在她自己受孕時沒有原罪。
1863President Abraham Lincoln announced his plan for the Reconstruction of the South.
1863年，亞伯拉罕·林肯總統宣布他重建南方的計劃。
1886The American Federation of Labor was founded in Columbus, Ohio.
1886年，美國勞工聯合會在俄亥俄州哥倫布市成立。
1980Rock musician John Lennon was shot to death outside his New York City apartment building by Mark David Chapman. The former Beatle was 40.
1980年，搖滾音樂家約翰·列儂在馬克·大衛·查普曼建造的紐約公寓被射殺而死。這名前披頭士樂隊成員享年40歲。
1987Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied territories began an intefadeh, or uprising.
1987年，在以色列占領的領土上巴勒斯坦人開始發動起義。
1987President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev signed a treaty calling for destruction of intermediate-range nuclear missiles.
1987年，總統羅納德·里根和蘇聯領導人戈爾巴喬夫簽署了一項條約要求銷毀中程核導彈。
1991Russia, Belarus and Ukraine declared the Soviet national government dead, forming a new Commonwealth of Independent States.
1991年，俄羅斯、白俄羅斯和烏克蘭宣布蘇聯國家政府已經滅亡，現在形成了一種新的獨立國家聯合體。
1991Kimberly Bergalis, who had contracted AIDS from her dentist, died in Florida at age 23.
1991年，從自己牙科醫生那感染上艾滋病的23歲金伯利在佛羅里達去世。
1992Americans saw live TV coverage of U.S. troops landing on the beaches of Somalia as Operation Restore Hope began.
1992年，美國人觀看電視報道，觀看美國部隊登陸索馬里海灘開始行動恢復希望。
1993President Bill Clinton signed into law the North American Free Trade Agreement.
1993年，比爾·克林頓總統簽署了《北美自由貿易協定》。
2008Khalid Sheikh Mohammed told the Guantanamo war crimes tribunal he would confess to masterminding the Sept. 11 attacks; four other men also abandoned their defenses.
2008年，哈立德·謝赫·穆罕默德告訴關塔那摩戰爭罪法庭，他將承認策劃了9·11襲擊事件，其他四名男子同樣供認不諱。
