Today in History: Wednesday, April 10, 2013
歷史上的今天:2013年4月10日,星期三
On April 10, 1912, the luxury liner Titanic set sail from Southampton, England, on its ill-fated maiden voyage. It stopped first in Cherbourg, France, and then Queenstown, Ireland, the next day to pick up additional passengers before heading out into the open sea.
1912年4月10日,泰坦尼克號豪華游艇從英國南安普頓起航,開始了其不幸的的初航。它的第一站是法國瑟堡,然后經過昆士城、愛爾蘭,第二天在海航前去搭載額外的乘客。
1866 The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was incorporated.
1866年,美國防止虐待動物協會成立。
1925 "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald was published.
1925年,斯科特·菲茨杰拉德的小說《了不起的蓋茨比》發表。
1932 Adolf Hitler came in second in voting for German president to the incumbent, Paul von Hindenburg.
1932年,德國總統大選中,阿道夫·希特勒落后時任總統保羅·馮·興登堡位列第二。
1947 Brooklyn Dodgers president Branch Rickey announced he had purchased the contract of Jackie Robinson from the Montreal Royals, paving the way for Robinson to become the first black to play in the major leagues.
1947年,布魯克林道奇隊的董事布蘭奇·瑞基宣布他已從蒙特利爾皇室隊中買下了杰基·羅賓森的合同,這為羅賓森成為第一位黑人大聯盟球員鋪下了道路。
1981 Imprisoned IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands won election to the British Parliament.
1981年,監禁的IRA絕食示威者鮑比·金沙贏得英國議會選舉。
1992 Financier Charles Keating Jr. was sentenced in Los Angeles to nine years in prison for swindling investors when his Lincoln Savings and Loan collapsed. (The convictions were later overturned).
1992年,金融家查爾斯·基廷因在林肯儲蓄和貸款崩潰時欺騙投資者在洛杉磯被判九年監禁。(判決后來被推翻)。
1998 Negotiators in Northern Ireland reached a landmark settlement that called for Protestants and Catholics to share power.
1998年,北愛爾蘭談判者達成相關協議,呼吁新教徒和天主教徒共享權力。
2001 The Netherlands legalized mercy killings and assisted suicide for patients with unbearable, terminal illness.
2001年,荷蘭將給絕癥病人實施安樂死或輔助自殺合法化。
2010 Polish President Lech Kaczynski was killed in a plane crash in western Russia that also claimed the lives of his wife and top Polish political, military and church officials.
2010年,波蘭總統卡欽斯基在俄羅斯西部發生的飛機失事中喪命,遇難者還包括他的妻子和前波蘭政治、軍事和教會官員。
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