Today in History: Friday, December 28, 2012
歷史上的今天:2012年12月28日,星期五
On Dec. 28, 1856, Thomas Woodrow Wilson, the 28th president of the United States, was born in Staunton, Va.
1856年12月28日,美國第28屆總統托馬斯·伍德羅·威爾遜在弗吉尼亞州斯湯頓出生。
1694 Queen Mary II of England died after five years of joint rule with her husband, King William III.
1694年,英國女王瑪麗二世在與她丈夫威廉三世國王共同執政五年后去世。
1832 John C. Calhoun became the first vice president of the United States to resign, stepping down over differences with President Andrew Jackson.
1832年,約翰C.卡爾豪因與總統安德魯·杰克遜意見產生沖突離職,成為首位辭職的美國副總統。
1846 Iowa became the 29th state to be admitted to the Union.
1846年,愛荷華州成為第29個加入工會的州。
1897 "Cyrano de Bergerac," a play by Edmond Rostand, premiered in Paris.
1897年,艾德蒙德·羅斯坦德編劇的電影《大鼻子情圣》在巴黎首映。
1905 The forerunner of the NCAA, the Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States, was founded in New York City.
1905 年,全國大學生體育協會 (NCAA)的前身美國校際體育協會在紐約成立。
1945 Congress officially recognized the Pledge of Allegiance.
1945年,國會正式認可效忠宣誓。
1958 The Baltimore Colts won the NFL championship, defeating the New York Giants 23-17 in overtime at Yankee Stadium, in what has been dubbed the greatest football game ever played.
1958年,在洋基體育場,巴爾的摩小馬隊在加時賽以23 - 17擊敗紐約巨人隊贏得國家足球聯盟(NFL)冠軍,這場比賽被稱為最偉大的足球比賽。
1973 Alexander Solzhenitsyn published "Gulag Archipelago," an expose of the Soviet prison system.
1973年,亞歷山大·索爾仁尼琴出版《古拉格群島》一書,揭發了蘇聯的監獄系統。
1982 A black man was mortally wounded by a police officer in a Miami video arcade, setting off three days of race-related disturbances that left another man dead.
1982年,一個黑人在邁阿密的電子游戲室被一名警察傷中要害,這引發了三天的種族騷亂并造成另一個人死了。
2005 Former top Enron Corp. accountant Richard Causey pleaded guilty to securities fraud and agreed to help pursue convictions against Enron founder Kenneth Lay and former CEO Jeffrey Skilling.
2005年,前安然公司會計師理查德·考西承認犯有證券欺詐罪,并同意幫助追查安然創始人肯尼斯雷和前總裁杰弗里·斯奇林的罪證。