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Today in History: Monday, January 07, 2013
歷史上的今天：2013年1月7日，星期一
On Jan. 7, 1789, the first U.S. presidential election was held. Americans voted for electors who, a month later, chose George Washington to be the nation's first president.
1789年1月7日，美國舉辦了第一屆總統大選。美國人投票支持選舉人，一個月后喬治·華盛頓當選美國第一任總統。
1800 Millard Fillmore, the 13th president of the United States, was born in Summerhill, N.Y.
1800年，美國第13屆總統米勒德·菲爾莫爾在紐約夏山出生。
1927 Commercial transatlantic telephone service was inaugurated between New York and London.
1927年，商業跨大西洋電話服務在紐約和倫敦之間開通。
1942 The World War II siege of Bataan began.
1942年，二戰期間，圍攻巴丹半島拉開序幕。
1953 President Harry S. Truman announced in his State of the Union address that the United States had developed a hydrogen bomb.
1953年，杜魯門總統在他的國情咨文中宣布美國已經開發了一顆氫彈。
1955 Singer Marian Anderson made her debut with the Metropolitan Opera in New York, becoming the first black person to perform there as a member.
1955年，歌手瑪麗安·安德森在紐約大都會歌劇院亮相，成為第一為在那表演的黑人演員。
1959 The United States recognized Fidel Castro's new government in Cuba.
1959年，美國承認古巴菲德爾·卡斯特羅新政府。
1972 Lewis F. Powell Jr. and William H. Rehnquist were sworn in as the 99th and 100th members of the Supreme Court.
1972年，路易斯F.鮑威爾Jr 和威廉H·倫奎斯特宣誓就任最高法院第99和第100位成員。
1979 Vietnamese forces captured the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh, overthrowing the Khmer Rouge government.
1979年，越南軍隊占領柬埔寨首都金邊，推翻紅色高棉政府。
1989 Japanese Emperor Hirohito died at age 87.
1989年，日本裕仁天皇去世，享年87歲。
1996 A major blizzard paralyzed the eastern United States, claiming more than 100 lives.
1996年，一場大暴雪使美國東部陷于癱瘓，100多人的喪命。
1997 Newt Gingrich became the first Republican re-elected House speaker in 68 years.
1997年，紐特·金里奇成為68年里首位連任眾議院議長的共和黨人。
1999 President Bill Clinton's impeachment trial began in the Senate.
1999年，比爾·克林頓總統的彈劾審判在參議院開始。
2005 Actor Brad Pitt and actress Jennifer Aniston announced they were separating after four years of marriage.
2005年，男演員布拉德·皮特和女演員詹妮弗·安妮斯頓在經過四年婚姻后宣布離婚。
2006 American journalist Jill Carroll was abducted in Iraq and a translator was killed. (Carroll was released unharmed after 82 days.)
2006年，美國記者卡羅爾在伊拉克被綁架，一名翻譯被殺。(卡羅爾在82天后被安全釋放。)
2006 Rep. Tom DeLay, R-Texas, facing corruption charges, stepped down as House majority leader.
2006年，面對腐敗指控，德州共和黨眾議員湯姆·迪萊辭去眾議院多數黨領袖。
