Today in History: Saturday, January 12, 2013
歷史上的今天:2013年1月12日,周六
On Jan. 12, 2010, Haiti was struck by a magnitude-7 earthquake, killing as many as 300,000 residents and leaving more than 1.5 million people homeless.
2010年1月12日,海地發生7級大地震,造成300,000名居民死亡,150萬人無家可歸。
1519 Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I died.
1519年,神圣羅馬帝國皇帝Maximilian I 去世。
1773 The first public museum in America was established, in Charleston, S.C.
1773年,美國第一個公立博物館在南卡羅來納州查爾斯頓建成。
1932 Hattie W. Caraway, a Democrat from Arkansas, became the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate.
1932年,來自阿肯色州的民主黨人Hattie W. Caraway成為第一位進入美國參議院的婦女。
1944 Heavyweight boxing champion Joe Frazier was born in Beaufort, S.C.
1944年,重量級拳擊冠軍喬·弗雷澤在波弗特市出生。
1945 Soviet forces began a huge offensive against the Germans in Eastern Europe during World War II.
1945年,二戰期間蘇聯軍隊在東歐開始對德國進行大規模進攻。
1948 The Supreme Court ruled that states could not discriminate against law-school applicants because of race.
1948年,最高法院裁定國家不能因為種族原因歧視法學院的申請者。
1959 Berry Gordy Jr. founded Motown Records in Detroit.
1959年,Berry Gordy Jr.在底特律創立摩城唱片公司。
1969 Led Zeppelin's self-titled first album was released.
1969年,齊柏林飛艇的首張同名專輯發布。
1969 The New York Jets defeated the Baltimore Colts 16-7 in Super Bowl III at the Orange Bowl in Miami.
1969年,在邁阿密桔子杯超級碗III比賽中,紐約噴氣機對以16-7擊敗巴爾的摩小馬隊。
2005 Britain's Prince Harry apologized after a newspaper published a photograph of the young royal wearing a Nazi uniform to a costume party.
2005年,在一份報紙刊登年輕的皇室成員身穿納粹制服參加化妝舞會后,英國哈里王子作出道歉。