Today in History: Saturday, December 29, 2012
歷史上的今天:2012年12月29日,星期六
On Dec. 29, 1989, playwright Vaclav Havel was elected president of Czechoslovakia by the country's Federal Assembly, becoming the first non-Communist to hold the post in more than four decades.
1989年12月29日,由捷克斯洛伐克聯邦議會選舉劇作家瓦茨拉夫·哈維爾為總統,成為四十多年以來首位當選總統的民主人士。
1170 Archbishop Thomas Becket was murdered in Canterbury Cathedral in England.
1170年,托馬斯·貝克特在英國坎特伯雷大教堂被謀殺。
1808 Andrew Johnson, the 17th president of the United States, was born in Raleigh, N.C.
1808年,美國第17屆總統安德魯·約翰遜在北卡羅來納州羅利出生。
1845 Texas was admitted to the union as the 28th state.
1845年,德克薩斯州成為聯邦第28個州。
1851 The first American Young Men's Christian Association was organized, in Boston.
1851年,第一個美國基督教青年會組織在波士頓創辦。
1890 U.S. troops killed as many as 400 Sioux Indians at Wounded Knee, S.D.
1890年,在Wounded Knee, S.D.,美軍殺害的蘇族印第安人多達400人。
1916 Gregory Rasputin, the monk who had wielded powerful influence over the Russian court, was murdered by a group of noblemen.
1916年,對俄羅斯法院施加過巨大影響的僧人Gregory Rasputin被一群貴族謀殺。
1940 Germany began dropping incendiary bombs on London during World War II.
1940年,二戰期間德國開始向倫敦投擲燃燒彈。
1996 War-weary guerrilla and government leaders in Guatemala signed an accord ending 36 years of civil conflict.
1996年,厭戰的游擊隊和政府領導人在危地馬拉簽署協議,結束了36年的內戰。
1998 Khmer Rouge leaders apologized for the 1970s genocide in Cambodia that claimed 1 million lives.
1998年,紅色高棉領導人對1970年柬埔寨種族滅絕造成100萬人死亡事件表示道歉。
1999 The Nasdaq composite index closed above 4,000 for the first time, ending the day at 4,041.46.
1999年,納斯達克綜合指數首次收于4000點以上,當日收盤達4041 .51點。
2007 The New England Patriots became the first NFL team in 35 years to finish the regular season undefeated when they beat the New York Giants 38-35 to go 16-0.
2007年,新英格蘭愛國者隊以38-35擊敗紐約巨人隊獲得16-0勝利,成為35年來首個在國家足球聯盟常規賽中保持不敗的隊伍。