Today in History: Thursday, January 03, 2013
歷史上的今天:2013年1月3日,周四
On Jan. 3, 1959, Alaska became the 49th state.
1959年1月3日,阿拉斯加成為聯邦第49州。
1521 Martin Luther was excommunicated from the Roman Catholic Church.
1521年,馬丁·路德被羅馬天主教教會驅逐。
1777 Gen. George Washington's army routed the British in the Battle of Princeton, N.J.
1777年,喬治·華盛頓將軍率領的軍隊在美國新澤西州普林斯頓戰爭中擊潰了英國軍隊。
1868 The Meiji Restoration re-established the authority of Japan's emperor and heralded the fall of the military rulers known as shoguns.
1868年,明治維新重建日本天皇權威,預示著德川幕府軍事統治的衰亡。
1892 J.R.R. Tolkien, author of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, was born in Bloemfontein, South Africa.
1892年,《指環王》三部曲的作者J.R.R. Tolkien在南非布隆方丹出生。
1938 The March of Dimes campaign to fight polio was organized.
1938年,組織了抵抗小兒麻痹癥運動The March of Dimes。
1961 The United States severed diplomatic relations with Cuba.
1961年,美國同古巴斷絕外交關系。
1990 Ousted Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega surrendered to U.S. forces, 10 days after taking refuge in the Vatican's diplomatic mission in Panama City.
1990年,被趕下臺的巴拿馬領袖Manuel Noriega將軍躲在巴拿馬城梵蒂岡使館十天后向美軍投降。
2000 The last new daily "Peanuts" comic strip by Charles Schulz ran in 2,600 newspapers.
2000年,查爾斯·舒爾茨的連環畫《花生漫畫》在2600家報紙上刊登。
2004 NASA's Mars rover, Spirit, touched down on the red planet.
2004年,美國宇航局火星探測器"精神"降落在火星上。
2006 Lobbyist Jack Abramoff pleaded guilty to conspiracy, mail fraud and tax evasion and agreed to cooperate in investigations of corruption in Congress.
2006年,游說者杰克·阿布拉莫夫承認犯有陰謀、郵件欺詐和逃稅并同意配合國會調查腐敗。
2009 After seven days of pummeling the Gaza Strip from the air, Israel launched a ground offensive.
2009年,在空襲加沙地帶七天后,以色列發動地面攻擊。