Today in History: Saturday, January 26, 2013
歷史上的今天:2013年1月26日,星期六
On Jan. 26, 1998, President Bill Clinton denied having an affair with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky, telling reporters, "I did not have sexual relations with that woman."
1998年1月26日,比爾·克林頓總統否認與前白宮實習生莫尼卡·萊溫斯基發生婚外情,他告訴記者“我沒有和那個女人發生性關系。”
1788 The first European settlers in Australia landed in present-day Sydney.
1788年,澳大利亞第一批歐洲殖民者來到今天的悉尼。
1802 Congress passed an act calling for a library to be established within the U.S. Capitol.
1802年,國會通過了一項法案要求美國國會大廈內需建立圖書館。
1837 Michigan became the 26th state.
1837年,密歇根州成為美國第26個州。
1861 Louisiana seceded from the Union.
1861年,路易斯安那州脫離聯邦政府。
1870 Virginia rejoined the Union.
1870年,維吉尼亞州加入聯邦。
1925 Actor Paul Newman was born in Cleveland, Ohio.
1925年,演員保羅·紐曼在俄亥俄州的克利夫蘭出生。
1950 India proclaimed itself a republic.
1950年,印度正式宣布自身是共和政體。
1979 Former Vice President Nelson A. Rockefeller died at age 70.
1979年,前副總統納爾遜A·洛克菲勒去世,享年70歲。
1988 The Andrew Lloyd Webber musical "Phantom of the Opera," the longest-running show in Broadway history, opened at the Majestic Theater in New York.
1988年,安德魯·勞埃德·韋伯的音樂劇《歌劇魅影》在紐約美琪大劇院上演,這是百老匯歷史上播映最長的音樂劇。
1993 Former Czechoslovak President Vaclav Havel was elected president of the new Czech Republic.
1993年,前捷克斯洛伐克總統瓦茨拉夫·哈維爾當選新捷克共和國總統。
2001 An earthquake hit the Indian subcontinent, killing more than 13,000 people.
2001年,印度次大陸發生地震,造成13000多人死亡。
2005 Condoleezza Rice was sworn in as secretary of state.
2005年,賴斯宣誓就任美國國務卿。
2006 Confronted by Oprah Winfrey on her syndicated talk show, author James Frey acknowledged lies in his addiction memoir "A Million Little Pieces."
2006年,面對奧普拉·溫弗瑞的脫口秀節目,作家詹姆斯·弗雷承認在他的回憶錄《歲月如沙》中說謊。
2009 "Octomom" Nadya Suleman of Whittier, Calif., gave birth to octuplets conceived by in vitro fertilization. Suleman was already a mother of six.
2009年,加州惠蒂爾的Nadya Suleman通過體外受精生下了八胞胎。現在Suleman是6個孩子的母親。