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Today in History: Tuesday, February 12, 2013
歷史上的今天：2013年2月12日，星期二
On Feb. 12, 1809, Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, was born in present-day Larue County, Ky.
1809年2月12日，美國第16任總統亞伯拉罕·林肯在現在的肯塔基州出生。
1554 Lady Jane Grey, who had claimed the throne of England for nine days, was beheaded after being charged with treason.
1554年，擔任英格蘭國王僅九天的簡·格雷被控叛國罪被斬首。
1733 English colonists led by James Oglethorpe founded Savannah, Ga.
1733年， James Oglethorpe領導的英國殖民者建立了佐治亞州薩凡納。
1809 Naturalist Charles Darwin was born in Shrewsbury, England.
1809年，博物學家查爾斯·達爾文在英格蘭什魯斯伯里出生。
1870 Women in the Utah Territory gained the right to vote.
1987年，猶他州地區婦女獲得選舉權。
1909 The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was founded in New York.
1909年，全國有色人種促進會在紐約成立。
1912 Pu Yi, the last emperor of China, abdicated, marking the end of the Qing Dynasty.
1912年，末代皇帝溥儀退位，標志著中國清朝的滅亡。
1915 The cornerstone for the Lincoln Memorial was laid in Washington, D.C.
1915年，林肯紀念堂的基石被安置在華盛頓特區。
1924 George Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" premiered in New York City.
1924年，喬治·格什溫的《藍色狂想曲》在紐約首演。
1999 The Senate voted to acquit President Bill Clinton on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice.
1999年，參議院投票宣判總統比爾·克林頓并沒有犯偽證和妨礙司法公正罪。
2000 Charles M. Schulz, creator of the "Peanuts" comic strip, died at age 77.
2000年，漫畫《花生》的創作者Charles M. Schulz逝世，享年77歲。
2002 The war crimes trial of former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic began in The Hague.
2002年，對前南斯拉夫總統斯洛博丹·米洛舍維奇的戰爭罪審判在海牙開始。
2004 Defying a California law, San Francisco officials began performing weddings for same-sex couples.
2004年，舊金山官員反對一項加州法律，開始為同性伴侶舉行婚禮。
2009 A commuter plane crashed into a suburban Buffalo, N.Y., home, killing all 49 aboard and a person in the house.
2009年，一架通勤客機撞入紐約市布法羅郊區一居民家中，造成機上49名乘客及房內一人遇難。
