Today in History: Friday, December 14, 2012
歷史上的今天:2012年12月14日,星期五
On Dec. 14, 1799, George Washington, the first president of the United States, died at his Mount Vernon, Va., home at age 67.
1799年12月14日,美國第一任總統(tǒng)喬治·華盛頓在他家弗吉尼亞州芒特弗農(nóng)去世,享年67歲。
1819 Alabama joined the Union as the 22nd state.
1819年,阿拉巴馬州加入聯(lián)邦成為美國第22個州。
1861 Prince Albert, husband of Britain's Queen Victoria, died in London.
1861年,英國維多利亞女王的丈夫艾伯特王子在倫敦去世。
1911 Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen became the first man to reach the South Pole.
1911年,挪威探險家羅爾德·阿蒙森第一個到達(dá)南極。
1946 The United Nations General Assembly voted to establish the U.N. headquarters in New York City.
1946年,聯(lián)合國大會投票在紐約建立聯(lián)合國總部。
1979 The album "London Calling" by the Clash was released.
1979年,英國搖滾樂隊"沖撞樂隊"的專輯《London Calling》發(fā)布。
1981 Israel annexed the Golan Heights, seized from Syria in 1967.
1981年,以色列吞并了1967年從敘利亞手中奪取的戈蘭高地。
1985 Wilma Mankiller became the first woman to lead a major American Indian tribe as she took office as principal chief of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma.
1985年,威爾瑪曼基勒擔(dān)任俄克拉荷馬切諾基族首領(lǐng),成為第一位領(lǐng)導(dǎo)一個主要美國印第安人部落的婦女。
2000 The Federal Trade Commission unanimously approved the $111 billion merger of America Online and Time Warner.
2000年,聯(lián)邦貿(mào)易委員會一致通過1110億美元將美國在線和時代華納合并。
2006 South Korea's Ban Ki-moon was sworn in as the eighth secretary-general of the United Nations.
2006年,韓國的潘基文宣誓就任第八任聯(lián)合國秘書長。
2008 An Iraqi journalist threw his shoes at President George W. Bush during a news conference in Baghdad; Bush was not hit.
2008年,在巴格達(dá)的一個新聞發(fā)布會上,一名伊拉克記者將自己的鞋砸向美國總統(tǒng)喬治W.布什。布什沒有被擊中。