Today in History: Sunday, December 09, 2012
歷史上的今天:2012年12月9日,星期天
On Dec. 9, 1990, Solidarity founder Lech Walesa was elected president of Poland.
1990年12月9日,團(tuán)結(jié)創(chuàng)始人瓦文薩當(dāng)選波蘭總統(tǒng)。
1608Poet John Milton was born in London.
1608年,詩人彌爾頓在倫敦出生。
1854The poem "The Charge of the Light Brigade" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, was published in England.
1854年,阿爾弗雷德·丁尼生創(chuàng)作的詩歌《輕騎兵的沖鋒》在英國發(fā)表。
1907Christmas seals went on sale for the first time, at the Wilmington, Del., post office. The proceeds went to fight tuberculosis.
1907年,圣誕節(jié)封印第一次在威明頓·德爾郵局發(fā)售,所得收入用于對抗結(jié)核病。
1912Longtime House Speaker Thomas "Tip" O'Neill was born in Cambridge, Mass.
1912年,長期擔(dān)任眾議院議長的托馬斯·奧尼爾在麻省劍橋出生。
1940British troops opened their first major offensive in North Africa during World War II.
1940年,二戰(zhàn)期間,英國軍隊(duì)開啟了第一次對北非的主要進(jìn)攻。
1941China declared war on Japan, Germany and Italy.
1941年,中國對日本,德國和意大利宣戰(zhàn)。
1958The anti-Communist John Birch Society was formed in Indianapolis.
1958年,共產(chǎn)主義約翰·伯奇協(xié)會在印第安納波利斯成立。
1975President Gerald R. Ford signed a $2.3 billion seasonal loan authorization to prevent New York City from having to default.
1975年,杰拉爾德·福特總統(tǒng)簽署了一項(xiàng)23億美元的季節(jié)性貸款授權(quán),防止紐約市違約。
1992Britain's Prince Charles and Princess Diana announced their separation. (They divorced in 1996.)
1992年,英國的查爾斯王子和戴安娜王妃宣布離婚。(他們于1996年離婚。)
1995Rep. Kweisi Mfume, D-Md., was chosen to head the NAACP.
1995年,眾議員奎西斯·姆費(fèi)姆被選為全國有色人種協(xié)會負(fù)責(zé)人。
2000The U.S. Supreme Court ordered a temporary halt in the Florida presidential vote count.
2000年,美國最高法院下令暫時(shí)停止在佛羅里達(dá)州的總統(tǒng)選舉計(jì)數(shù)。
2002United Airlines filed the biggest bankruptcy in aviation history after losing $4 billion in the previous two years.
2002年,在兩年前損失40億美元后,美國航空公司宣布航空史上最大的破產(chǎn)案。
2004Canada's Supreme Court ruled that gay marriage was constitutional.
2004年,加拿大最高法院裁定同性婚姻是符合憲法的。
2008Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was arrested on suspicion of scheming to sell Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat for cash or a job for himself in the new administration.
2008年,伊利諾斯州州長羅德·布拉戈耶維奇涉嫌密謀倒賣奧巴馬的空缺參議員席位,或謀求自己在新一屆政府的職位而被逮捕。