Today in History: Wednesday, January 02, 2013
歷史上的今天:2013年1月2日,周三
On Jan. 2, 1960, Sen. John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts announced his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination.
1960年1月2日,馬薩諸塞州參議員約翰F.肯尼迪宣布競選民主黨總統候選人提名。
1492 The leader of the last Arab stronghold in Spain surrendered to Spanish forces loyal to King Ferdinand II and Queen Isabella I.
1492年,西班牙阿拉伯據點領導人向忠于國王費迪南二世和王后伊莎貝拉一世的西班牙軍隊投降。
1788 Georgia became the fourth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
1788年,喬治亞州成為了第四個批準美國憲法的州。
1900 Secretary of State John Hay announced the Open Door Policy to prompt trade with China.
1900年,國務卿約翰·海伊宣布門戶開放政策,推動與中國的貿易。
1935 Bruno Hauptmann went on trial in Flemington, N.J., on charges of kidnapping and murdering the infant son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh. (He was found guilty and executed.)
1935年,布魯諾·豪普特曼被指控綁架和謀殺襁褓中的兒子查爾斯和安妮·林德伯格,在新澤西弗萊明頓受審(他被判有罪并處以死刑)。
1965 The New York Jets signed University of Alabama quarterback Joe Namath for a reported $400,000.
1965年,紐約噴氣機隊報價400000美元簽約阿拉巴馬大學四分衛喬·納馬斯。
1974 President Richard Nixon signed legislation requiring states to limit highway speeds to 55 mph.
1974年,理查德·尼克松總統簽署了一項法律,要求各州限制公路速度55英里/小時。
1981 Police in Sheffield, England, arrested Peter Sutcliffe, who confessed to being the "Yorkshire Ripper," the serial killer of 13 women.
1981年,英格蘭謝菲爾德警察逮捕了彼得,他承認是殺害13名女性的連環殺手“約克郡開膛手”。
1991 Sharon Pratt Dixon was sworn in as mayor of Washington, D.C., becoming the first African-American woman to head a city of Washington's size and prominence.
1991年,莎朗·普拉特宣誓就任華盛頓特區市長,成為第一位領導像華盛頓大小和規模城市的非裔美國婦女。
2006 A methane gas explosion at the Sago Mine in West Virginia trapped 13 miners underground for more than 40 hours; only one survived.
2006年,在西弗吉尼亞州薩戈煤礦甲烷氣體爆炸,13名礦工被困超過40小時,只有一人生還。
2008 Oil prices soared to $100 a barrel for the first time.
2008年,油價首次飆升至每桶100美元。