Today in History: Friday, January 18, 2013
歷史上的今天:2013年1月18日,星期五
On Jan. 18, 1919, the World War I peace conference opened in Versailles, France.
1919年1月18日,第一次世界大戰和平會議在法國凡爾賽召開。
1778 English navigator Captain James Cook became the first European to reach the Hawaiian Islands.
1778年,英國航海家詹姆斯·庫克船長成為第一個到達夏威夷群島的歐洲人。
1782 Lawyer and statesman Daniel Webster was born in Salisbury, N.H.
1782年,律師和政治家丹尼爾·韋伯斯特在美國新罕布什爾州索爾茲伯里市出生。
1788 The first English settlers arrived in Australia's Botany Bay to establish a penal colony.
1788年,第一位英國移民抵達澳大利亞博特尼灣建立囚犯隔離區。
1862 John Tyler, the 10th president of the United States, died in Richmond, Va., at age 71.
1862年,美國第十屆總統約翰·泰勒在弗吉尼亞州里士滿去世,享年71歲。
1871 William I of Prussia was proclaimed German emperor in Versailles, France.
1871年,普魯士的威廉一世在法國凡爾賽正式宣布擔任德國君主。
1904 Actor Cary Grant was born Archibald Leach in Bristol, England.
1904年,演員加里·格蘭特在英格蘭的布里斯托爾Archibald Leach 出生。
1911 The first landing of an aircraft on a ship took place as pilot Eugene B. Ely flew onto the deck of the USS Pennsylvania in San Francisco harbor.
1911年,在舊金山港灣,飛行員 Eugene B. Ely駕駛飛機著陸在賓夕法尼亞號航空母艦的甲板上,完成了第一次艦艇飛機著陸。
1943 The Soviets announced that they had broken the long Nazi siege of Leningrad.
1943年,蘇聯宣布他們已經打破了長久以來的納粹列寧格勒圍城戰。
1990 Washington, D.C., Mayor Marion Barry was arrested for drug possession in an FBI sting.
1990年,華盛頓特區市長Marion Barry因攜有毒品聯邦調查局設局逮捕。
1991 Financially strapped Eastern Airlines shut down after more than six decades in business.
1991年,東方航空公司因財政拮據關閉了經營60多年的生意。
1993 The Martin Luther King Jr. holiday was observed in all 50 states for the first time.
1993年,馬丁·路德·金假日首次在50個州中實行。
2005 The world's largest commercial jet, an Airbus A380 that can carry 800 passengers, was unveiled in Toulouse, France.
2005年,世界上最大的商用噴氣式飛機,可以載客800名的A380在法國圖盧茲揭幕。
2013 The first director of the Peace Corps, R. Sargent Shriver, died at age 95.
2013年,和平隊的第一任董事R. Sargent Shriver去世,終年95歲。