Today in History: Sunday, March 17, 2013
歷史上的今天:2013年3月17日,周日
On March 17, according to tradition, St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, died in Saul. Some sources list the year as 461, others say 493.
3月17日,根據傳統記載,愛爾蘭守護神圣帕特里克在掃羅去世。一些來源稱是在461年,另一些稱是493在年。
1776 British forces evacuated Boston during the Revolutionary War.
1776年,獨立戰爭期間,英國軍隊撤離波士頓。
1905 Franklin D. Roosevelt married his distant cousin, Eleanor Roosevelt, in New York City.
1905年,富蘭克林·羅斯福在紐約市迎娶了他的遠房表妹埃莉諾·羅斯福。
1910 The Camp Fire Girls organization was founded in Thetford, Vt.
1910年,營火女孩組織在佛蒙特州塞特福德成立。
1941 The National Gallery of Art opened in Washington, D.C.
1941年,國家美術館在華盛頓特區開放。
1942 Gen. Douglas MacArthur arrived in Australia to become supreme commander of Allied forces in the southwest Pacific theater during World War II.
1942年,二戰期間,麥克阿瑟抵達澳大利亞成為西南太平洋戰區盟軍部隊最高指揮官。
1969 Golda Meir became prime minister of Israel.
1969年,果爾達·梅厄就任以色列總理。
1993 Actress Helen Hayes died at age 92.
1993年,女演員海倫海斯去世,享年92歲。
2003 Edging to the brink of war, President George W. Bush gave Saddam Hussein 48 hours to leave his country. Iraq rejected the ultimatum.
2003年,瀕臨戰爭邊緣,美國總統喬治W·布什要求薩達姆·侯賽因在48小時內離開他的國家。伊拉克拒絕了最后的通牒。
2008 Rock musician Paul McCartney's divorce from Heather Mills was settled for $48.6 million.
2008年,搖滾音樂家保羅·麥卡特尼和希瑟·米爾斯的離婚事件以4860萬美元解決。
2009 The Seattle Post-Intelligencer published its final print edition.
2009年,《西雅圖郵訊報》發布了最后的印刷版。
2011 The U.N. Security Council voted to authorize military action to protect civilians and impose a no-fly zone over Libya.
2011年,聯合國安理會投票授權軍事行動保護平民,并在利比亞建立禁飛區。
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