Today in History: Sunday, March 24, 2013
歷史上的今天:2013年3月24日,星期日
On March 24, 1989, the nation's worst oil spill occurred as the supertanker Exxon Valdez ran aground on a reef in Alaska's Prince William Sound and began leaking 11 million gallons of crude.
1989年3月24日,埃克森·瓦爾迪茲號油輪擱淺在了阿拉斯加威廉王子灣的暗礁上,致使1100萬加侖的原油泄漏,造成了美國最嚴重的油泄漏事件。
1765 Britain enacted the Quartering Act, requiring American colonists to provide temporary housing to British soldiers.
1765年,英國頒布《駐軍法》,要求美國殖民者為英國士兵提供臨時住房。
1882 German scientist Robert Koch announced in Berlin that he had discovered the bacillus responsible for tuberculosis.
1882年,德國科學家羅伯特·科赫在柏林宣布他已經發現了引發結核病的桿菌。
1883 Long-distance telephone service was inaugurated between Chicago and New York City.
1883年,芝加哥和紐約間進行了首次長途通話。
1913 The home of vaudeville, the Palace Theatre, opened in New York City.
1913年,歌舞雜耍表演之地皇宮劇院在紐約開放。
1955 "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" by Tennessee Williams opened on Broadway.
1955年,田納西·威廉姆斯的《熱鐵皮屋頂上的貓》在百老匯上演。
1958 Elvis Presley was inducted into the Army in Memphis, Tenn.
1958年,埃維斯·普里斯利(貓王)被征召入伍,進入田納西州孟菲斯軍隊。
1973 The album "Dark Side of the Moon" by Pink Floyd was released.
1973年,平克·弗洛伊德的專輯《月球的陰暗面》發布。
1977 Joseph Ratzinger, the future Pope Benedict XVI, was named archbishop of Munich and Freising in Germany.
1977年,未來的教皇本篤十六世約瑟夫·拉辛格在德國被提名為慕尼黑和弗賴辛大主教。
1998 A 13-year-old boy and his 11-year-old cousin opened fire outside their school in Jonesboro, Ark., killing four students and a teacher and injuring 10.
1998年,一名13歲的男孩和他11歲的表弟在他們瓊斯博羅的校外開火,造成4名學生和1名教師死亡,10人受傷。
1999 NATO launched airstrikes against Yugoslavia - the first time the alliance had attacked a sovereign country.
1999年,北約對南斯拉夫發動空襲——這是北約聯盟第一次襲擊一個主權國家。
2001 Apple Computer Inc.'s operating system Mac OS X went on sale.
2001年,蘋果電腦公司發售Mac OS X操作系統。
2002 Halle Berry became the first African-American performer to win a best actress Oscar, for "Monster's Ball."
2002年,哈莉·貝瑞憑借電影《死囚之舞》成為第一位贏得奧斯卡最佳女主角的非裔演員。
2012 Former Vice President Dick Cheney underwent a heart transplant at a Virginia hospital.
2012年,前副總統迪克·切尼接在維吉尼亞州醫院受了心臟移植手術。
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