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Today in History: Saturday, December 15, 2012
歷史上的今天：2012年12月15日，星期六
On Dec. 15, 1791, the Bill of Rights, the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution, took effect following ratification by Virginia.
1791年12月15日，美國憲法第十項修正案《權利法案》由維吉尼亞州的批準生效。
1890 Sioux Indian Chief Sitting Bull and 11 other tribe members were killed in Grand River, S.D., during a clash with Indian police.
1890年，蘇族印第安酋長Sitting Bull和其他11名部落成員在與印度警察的沖突中被殺害。
1916 The French defeated the Germans in the World War I Battle of Verdun.
1916年，在第一次世界大戰凡爾登戰役中法國擊敗德國。
1938 Ground was broken for the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C.
1938年，杰佛遜紀念堂在華盛頓動土開工。
1939 The movie "Gone With the Wind" had its world premiere in Atlanta.
1939年，電影《亂世佳人》在亞特蘭大舉行全球首映。
1944 Bandleader Glenn Miller's U.S. Army plane disappeared over the English Channel.
1944年，樂隊指揮格倫·米勒的美國陸軍飛機在英吉利海峽消失。
1961 Former Nazi official Adolf Eichmann was sentenced to death by an Israeli court.
1961年，前納粹官員阿道夫·艾希曼被以色列法庭判處死刑。
1966 Movie producer Walt Disney died at age 65.
1966年，電影制作人華特迪士尼去世，享年65歲。
1989 A popular uprising that led to the downfall of dictator Nicolae Ceausescu began in Romania.
1989年，在羅馬尼亞民眾大范圍起義，導致獨裁者尼古拉·齊奧塞斯庫開始垮臺。
2003 The late Sen. Strom Thurmond's family acknowledged Essie Mae Washington-Williams' claim that she was Thurmond's illegitimate mixed-race daughter.
2003年，已故參議員斯特羅姆·瑟蒙德的家人承認埃西美·華盛頓·威廉姆斯所言，她是瑟蒙德私生的混血女兒。
2004 American telecommunications giants Sprint Corp. and Nextel Communications Inc. announced they would merge in a $35 billion deal.斯普林特公司
2004年，美國電信巨頭Sprint corp .和Nextel Communications宣布將以350億美元合并。
2005 Millions of Iraqis turned out to choose a parliament in a mostly peaceful election.
2005年，數百萬伊拉克人在基本和平選舉下最終選出議會。
2009 The Washington, D.C. City Council voted to legalize same-sex marriage.
2009年，華盛頓特區議會投票通過同性婚姻合法化。
