Today in History: Tuesday, January 01, 2013
歷史上的今天:2013年1月1日,星期二
On Jan. 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring that slaves in rebel states were free.
1863年1月1日,亞伯拉罕·林肯總統簽署《奴隸解放宣言》,宣布反叛州奴隸自由。
1808 A law prohibiting the importation of slaves into the United States went into effect.
1808年,一項禁止向美國運輸奴隸的法律開始生效。
1892 The Ellis Island Immigrant Station in New York opened.
1892年,利斯島移民站在紐約開辦。
1898 New York City was consolidated into five buroughs.
1898年,紐約市合并成五個行政區。
1901 The Commonwealth of Australia was proclaimed.
1901年,澳大利亞聯邦成立。
1919 J.D. Salinger, author of "The Catcher in the Rye," was born in New York City.
1919年,《麥田里的守望者》的作者塞林格在紐約出生。
1953 Country singer Hank Williams Sr., 29, died of a drug and alcohol overdose.
1953年,29歲的鄉村女歌手漢克·威廉姆斯死于毒品和酒精過量。
1958 Treaties establishing the European Economic Community went into effect.
1958年,建立歐洲經濟共同體的條約生效。
1959 Fidel Castro led Cuban revolutionaries to victory over Fulgencio Batista.
1959年,菲德爾·卡斯特羅領導的古巴革命戰勝富爾亨西奧·巴蒂斯塔。
1979 The United States and China established diplomatic relations.
1979年,中美建立外交關系。
1984 AT&T was divested of its 22 Bell System companies under terms of an antitrust agreement.
1984年,根據反壟斷協議,美國電話電報公司被剝奪了其旗下的22 Bell System公司。
1990David Dinkins was sworn in as New York City's first African-American mayor.
1990年,戴維·丁金斯宣誓就任紐約市的第一位黑人市長。
1993 Czechoslovakia peacefully split into two new countries, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
1993年,捷克斯洛伐克和平分裂成兩個新國家,捷克共和國和斯洛伐克。
1994 The North American Free Trade Agreement went into effect.
1994年,北美自由貿易協定生效。
1999 The euro became the official currency of 11 European countries.
1999年,歐元成為了11個歐洲國家的官方貨幣。
2013 Oprah Winfrey launched the OWN cable TV network.
2013年,奧普拉·溫弗瑞推出了自己的有線電視網絡。