Today in History: Monday, December 17, 2012
歷史上的今天:2012年12月17日,星期一
On Dec. 17, 1903, Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first successful man-powered airplane flight, near Kitty Hawk, N.C.
1903年12月17日,奧維爾和威爾伯·賴特在北卡羅來納的基蒂霍克附近首次成功駕機動力飛行。
1933 In the first NFL championship game, the Chicago Bears defeated the New York Giants 23-21 at Wrigley Field.
1933年,第一屆橄欖球冠軍賽,在Wrigley棒球場芝加哥熊隊以23 - 21擊敗紐約巨人隊。
1944 The U.S. Army announced the end of its policy of excluding Japanese-Americans from the West Coast.
1944年,美國軍隊宣布結(jié)束在西海岸驅(qū)逐日裔美國人的政策。
1957 The United States successfully test-fired the Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile for the first time.
1957年,美國成功首試阿特拉斯洲際彈道導(dǎo)彈。
1969 The U.S. Air Force closed its Project "Blue Book" by concluding there was no evidence of extraterrestrial spaceships behind thousands of UFO sightings.
1969年,在對成千上萬的UFO目擊事件調(diào)查后,美國空軍結(jié)束“藍皮書”項目斷定沒有證據(jù)存在外星飛船。
1969 An estimated 50 million viewers watched singer Tiny Tim marry Miss Vicky on NBC's "Tonight Show."
1969年,估計有5000萬觀眾在NBC電視臺觀看了歌手小蒂姆嫁給維基小姐的“今夜秀”。
1975 Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme was sentenced to life in prison for her attempt on the life of President Gerald R. Ford. (She was paroled in 2009.)
1975年,Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme 因嘗試進入杰拉爾德·福特總統(tǒng)的生活被判處終身監(jiān)禁(她于2009年被假釋。)
1989 The animated TV series "The Simpsons" premiered on Fox.
1989年,動畫電視連續(xù)劇《辛普森一家》在福克斯首演。
1992 President George H.W. Bush, Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari signed the North American Free Trade Agreement in separate ceremonies.
1992年,美國總統(tǒng)喬治·布什,加拿大總理羅尼和墨西哥總統(tǒng)卡洛斯·薩里納斯·德·戈塔里在單獨儀式上簽署《北美自由貿(mào)易協(xié)定》。
1996 Kofi Annan of Ghana became United Nations secretary-general.
1996年,加納的科菲·安南成為聯(lián)合國秘書長。
2004President George W. Bush signed into law the largest overhaul of U.S. intelligence-gathering in 50 years.
2004年,布什總統(tǒng)將美國情報收集進行50年來最大全面修訂,并簽署成法律。
2005 President George W. Bush acknowledged he'd personally authorized a secret eavesdropping program in the U.S. following Sept. 11.
2005年,喬治W.布什總統(tǒng)承認在在9·11事件后,他親自授權(quán)了一個秘密竊聽計劃。
2010 Mohamed Bouazizi, a 26-year-old fruit vendor frustrated with harassment by local officials, set himself on fire in Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia. His act of defiance set off nationwide protests that brought down longtime President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and soon spread to the rest of the Arab world.
2010年,穆罕默德·布瓦吉吉,一個26歲的水果小販被當?shù)毓賳T的騷擾在突尼斯Sidi Bouzid自焚。此舉引發(fā)全國性的抗議,長期擔任總統(tǒng)Zine El Abidine Ben Ali被迫下臺,并很快蔓延至其它阿拉伯世界。