Today in History: Wednesday, February 27, 2013
歷史上的今天:2013年2月27日,星期三
On Feb. 27, 1933, Germany's parliament building in Berlin, the Reichstag, caught fire. The ruling Nazis, blaming the Communists, used the fire as a pretext to suspend civil liberties.
1933年2月27日,建立在德國柏林的國會大廈發生火災。執政納粹分子指責共產黨借火災作為中止公民自由的借口。
1801The District of Columbia was placed under the jurisdiction of Congress.
1801年,哥倫比亞區隸屬國會管轄。
1807Poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was born in Portland, Maine.
1807年,詩人亨利·沃茲沃斯·朗費羅在緬因州波特蘭出生。
1902Author John Steinbeck was born in Salinas, Calif.
1902年,作家約翰·斯坦貝克在加利福尼亞州薩利納斯出生。
1951The 22nd Amendment to the Constitution, limiting a president to two terms of office, was ratified.
1951年,限制總統只能連任兩期的第22次憲法修正案獲得批準。
1991President George H.W. Bush announced the end of the Persian Gulf War, saying the allies would suspend combat operations at midnight.
1991年,老布什總統宣布波斯灣戰爭結束,稱盟軍將暫停午夜作戰行動。
1997Divorce became legal in Ireland.
1997年,離婚在愛爾蘭開始合法。
1997Legislation banning most handguns in Britain went into effect.
1997年,英國禁止大部分手槍的立法生效。
2002Alicia Keys won five Grammy Awards for her debut album, "Songs in A Minor."
2002年,艾莉西亞·凱斯憑借專輯《Songs in A Minor》榮獲五項格萊美獎。
2002A mob of Muslims set fire to a train carrying hundreds of Hindu nationalists in Godhra, India; some 60 people died.
2002年,一群穆斯林暴徒在哥特拉焚燒了一輛載有數百名印度民族主義者的火車,造成60人死亡。
2008Author and conservative commentator William F. Buckley Jr. died at age 82.
2008年,作家和保守評論員威廉F.巴克利去世,享年82歲。
2010An 8.8 magnitude earthquake and tsunami killed 524 people in Chile caused $30 billion in damage and left over 200,000 homeless.
2010,智利發生8.8級地震并引發海嘯致524人死亡,200,000人無家可歸,經濟損失達300億美元。