Today in History: Saturday, February 16, 2013
歷史上的今天:2013年2月16日,星期六
On Feb. 16, 1959, Fidel Castro became premier of Cuba a month after the overthrow of Fulgencio Batista.
1959年2月16日,推翻巴蒂斯塔政權一個月后,菲德爾·卡斯特羅成為古巴總理。
1804 Lt. Stephen Decatur led a successful raid into Tripoli harbor to burn the U.S. Navy frigate Philadelphia, which had fallen into the hands of pirates.
1804年,中將斯蒂芬·迪凱特成功突襲的黎波里港,燒毀落入海盜手中的美國海軍護衛艦費城號。
1868 The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks was organized in New York City.
1868年,慈善互助會在紐約市成立。
1918 Lithuania proclaimed its independence.
1918年,立陶宛宣布獨立。
1923 The burial chamber of King Tutankhamen's recently unearthed tomb was unsealed in Egypt.
1923年,最近出土的圖坦卡蒙國王墓的墓室在埃及開啟。
1937 Wallace H. Carothers, a research chemist for Du Pont, received a patent for nylon.
1937年,杜邦研究化學家華萊士H·卡羅瑟斯獲得尼龍專利。
1945 American troops landed on the island of Corregidor in the Philippines during World War II.
1945年,二戰期間,美國軍隊登陸菲律賓柯雷吉多爾島。
1948 NBC-TV aired the first nightly newscast, "The Camel Newsreel Theatre," which consisted of Fox Movietone newsreels.
1948年,美國廣播公司電視播出了第一期晚間新聞“駱駝新聞劇場”,其中包括福克斯有聲電影新聞短片。
1968 The nation's first 911 emergency telephone system was inaugurated in Haleyville, Ala.
1968年,美國第一個911應急電話系統在阿拉巴馬州落成。
2005 The Kyoto global warming pact, which the U.S. never ratified, went into effect.
2005年,未經美國批準的全球變暖協議《京都議定書》生效。
2005 The NHL canceled what was left of its season after a round of last-gasp negotiations failed to resolve differences over a salary cap.
2005年,因最后一輪談判未能解決薪資上線分歧,全國曲棍球聯合會的取消接下來的賽季。
2011 Bookstore chain Borders filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
2011年,連鎖書店鮑德斯(公司名,第一家進行全球性擴張的美國圖書零售商)申請破產保護。