Today in History: Thursday, August 16, 2012
历史上的今天 2012年8月16
On Aug. 16, 1977, singer Elvis Presley died at Graceland Mansion in Memphis, Tenn., at age 42.
1977年,8月16日,美国摇滚歌手“猫王”埃尔维斯·普雷斯利在田纳西孟菲斯Graceland大厦逝世,享年42岁 。
1858 A telegraphed message from Britain's Queen Victoria to President James Buchanan was transmitted over the recently laid trans-Atlantic cable.
1858年,英国女王维多利亚通过最近铺设的跨太平洋电缆致电总统詹姆斯 。
1888 T.E. Lawrence, the British soldier who gained fame as "Lawrence of Arabia," was born in Tremadoc, Wales.
1888年,英国具有“阿拉伯的劳伦斯”荣誉之称的T.E.Lawrence在威尔士Tremadoc出生 。
1913 Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin was born in Brest-Litovsk in present-day Belarus.
1913年,以色列总理Menachem Begin在今白俄罗斯出生 。
1948 Baseball Hall of Famer Babe Ruth died at age 53.
1948年,棒球名人堂贝比鲁斯去世,享年53岁 。
1954 Sports Illustrated was first published by Time Inc.
1954年,《体育画报》首次由时代公司出版 。
1956 Adlai E. Stevenson was nominated for president at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
1956年,阿德莱·史蒂文森在芝加哥民主党全国大会被提名为总统 。
1960 Britain granted independence to Cyprus.
1960年,塞浦路斯从英国获得独立, 。
1987 Thousands of people worldwide began a two-day celebration of the "harmonic convergence," which believers called the start of a new, purer age of humankind.
1987年,来自全世界成千上万的对协波集合进行为期两天的庆祝,信徒称之为人类新的,纯洁时代的开始 。
2000 Delegates to the Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles nominated Vice President Al Gore for president.
2000年,在洛杉矶民主党全国代表大会副总统艾尔·戈尔被提名总统 。
2002 Terrorist mastermind Abu Nidal was found shot to death in Baghdad, Iraq.
2002年,恐怖分子头目阿布尼达尔在伊拉克首都巴格达被发现射死 。
2003 Idi Amin, the former dictator of Uganda, died in Saudi Arabia.
2003年,前乌干达独裁者伊迪·阿明在沙特阿拉伯去世 。
2007 Jose Padilla, a U.S. citizen held for 3-1/2 years as an enemy combatant, was convicted in Miami of helping Islamic extremists and plotting overseas attacks. (He was sentenced to 17 years, four months in prison.)
2007年,一名替敌军服务了三年半的美国公民Jose Padilla在迈哈密因协助伊斯兰极端分子并密谋海外袭击被定罪 。(他被判处监禁17年零4个月 。)
2008 Michael Phelps won the 100-meter butterfly by a hundredth of a second for his seventh gold medal of the Beijing Olympics, tying Mark Spitz's 1972 record.
2008年,迈克尔菲尔普斯以0.01秒的优势赢得了100米蝶泳了冠军,攮获了他在北京奥运会第七枚金牌,平了马克?施皮茨在1972年创下的记录 。
2008 Talk show host Ellen DeGeneres and actress Portia de Rossi were married at their Beverly Hills, Calif., home.
2008年,脱口秀主持人艾伦·德杰尼勒斯和女演员波西亚-德罗茜在加州比弗利山庄自家中结婚 。
2010 China eclipsed Japan as the world's second biggest economy after three decades of blistering growth.
2010年,经过30年快速的增长,中国超越日本成为世界第二大经济体 。