Today in History: Tuesday, December 25, 2012
歷史上的今天:2012年12月25日,星期二
On Dec. 25, 1990, the World Wide Web was born as computer scientists Tim Berners-Lee and Robert Cailliau created the first hyperlinked Web page.
1990年12月25日,計算機科學家蒂姆·伯納斯-李和羅伯特·卡里奧發明了首個超鏈接網頁,萬維網從此誕生。
336 The first recorded celebration of Christmas on Dec. 25 took place in Rome.
336年,12月25日在羅馬慶祝有記錄以來的首個圣誕節。
1066 William the Conqueror was crowned king of England.
1066年,征服者威廉被加冕英格蘭國王。
1776 Gen. George Washington and his troops crossed the Delaware River for a surprise attack against Hessian forces at Trenton, N.J.
1776年,喬治·華盛頓將軍和他的軍隊穿過特拉華河,突襲新澤西州特倫頓黑森部隊。
1818 "Silent Night" was performed for the first time, at the Church of St. Nikolaus in Oberndorff, Austria.
1818年,奧地利Oberndorff 尼古拉斯教堂舉行了首個“平安夜”活動。
1821 Clara Barton, the founder of the American Red Cross, was born in Oxford, Mass.
1821年,美國紅十字會創始人克拉拉·巴頓在Mass牛津出生。
1868 President Andrew Johnson granted an unconditional pardon to everyone involved in the Southern rebellion that resulted in the Civil War.
1868年,安德魯·約翰遜總統批準對內戰期間卷入南方叛亂者實施無條件大赦。
1926 Hirohito became emperor of Japan, succeeding his father, Emperor Yoshihito.
1926年,Hirohito接任他的父親Yoshihito成為日本天皇。
1977 Comedian Charlie Chaplin died at age 88.
1977年,喜劇演員查理·卓別林去世,享年88歲。
1989 Ousted Romanian President Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife, Elena, were executed.
1989年,被罷黜的羅馬尼亞總統尼古拉·齊奧塞斯庫和他的妻子艾琳娜被處決。
1989 Former New York Yankees player and manager Billy Martin, 61, died when the pickup truck he was riding in crashed.
1989年,61歲的前紐約洋基球員及教練比利·馬丁乘坐的卡車發生車禍死亡。
1991 Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev went on TV to announce his resignation as the eighth and final leader of a Communist superpower that had already gone out of existence.
1991年,蘇聯總統戈爾巴喬夫在電視上宣布他辭去第八任,也是作為共產主義超級大國的最后一任領袖。
1995 Singer Dean Martin died at age 78.
1995年,歌手迪恩馬丁去世,享年78歲。
2006 Soul singer James Brown died at age 73.
2006年,靈魂歌手詹姆斯布朗去世,享年73歲。