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Today in History: Wednesday, December 26, 2012
歷史上的今天：2012年12月26日，星期三
On Dec. 26, 2004, a tsunami triggered by a powerful earthquake beneath the Indian Ocean left more than 216,000 people dead or missing, mostly in southern Asia.
2004年12月26日，印度洋大地震引發(fā)海嘯導致216，000多人死亡或失蹤，受災地區(qū)主要集中在亞洲南部。
1799 George Washington was eulogized by Col. Henry Lee as "first in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen."
1799年，喬治·華盛頓被Col.Henry Lee稱贊是“戰(zhàn)時第一，和時第一，國人心中第一。”
1865 James H. Nason of Franklin, Mass., received a patent for a coffee percolator.
1865年，詹姆斯H·富蘭克林獲得咖啡過濾器專利。
1893 Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong was born in Hunan province.
1893年，中國共產(chǎn)黨領袖毛澤東在湖南出生。
1908 Jack Johhnson became the first black heavyweight boxing champion when he knocked out Tommy Burns in Sydney, Australia.
1908年，Jack Johhnson擊敗澳大利亞悉尼的選手Tommy Burns成為了第一位黑人重量級拳擊冠軍。
1917 The U.S. government took over operation of the nation's railroads.
1917年，美國政府接管國家鐵路營運。
1944 Tennessee Williams' play "The Glass Menagerie" premiered at the Civic Theatre in Chicago.
1944年，田納西·威廉斯的戲劇《The Glass Menagerie》在芝加哥市民劇院首映。
1947 Heavy snow blanketed the Northeast, burying New York City under 25.8 inches of snow in 16 hours; the severe weather was blamed for some 80 deaths.
1947年，大雪覆蓋了東北地區(qū)，將紐約市掩埋在25.8英寸的雪之下達16個小時之久，惡劣的天氣造成了約80人死亡。
1972 Harry S. Truman, the 33rd president of the United States, died in Kansas City, Mo., at age 88.
1972年，美國第33屆總統(tǒng)杜魯門在密蘇里州堪薩斯城去世，享年88歲。
1996 Six-year-old beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey was found beaten and strangled in the basement of her family's home in Boulder, Colo. The slaying remains unsolved.
1996年，在科羅拉多州波爾得市，6歲的選美皇后喬貝爾拉姆齊被發(fā)現(xiàn)在家中地下室遭毆打并被勒死。該謀殺案仍沒有解決。
2006 Gerald R. Ford, the 38th president of the United States, died in Rancho Mirage, Calif., at age 93.
2006年，美國第38屆總統(tǒng)杰拉爾德·福特在加州Rancho Mirage去世，享年93歲。
