Today in History: Tuesday, September 18, 2012
历史上的今天:2012年9月18日,周二
On Sept. 18, 1850 Congress passed the Fugitive Slave Act, which allowed slaveowners to reclaim slaves who had escaped to other states.
1850年9月18日,国会通过了《逃亡奴隶法案》,该法案允许奴隶主收回逃亡到其他国家的奴隶 。
1759 The French surrendered Quebec to the British.
1759年,法国将魁北克交出给英国 。
1793 President George Washington laid the cornerstone of the U.S. Capitol.
1793年,乔治·华盛顿总统奠定了在美国国会的基础 。
1810 Chile declared its independence from Spain.
1810年,智利宣布脱离西班牙独立 。
1851 The first edition of The New York Times was published.
1851年,第一版《纽约时报》出版 。
1961 United Nations Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold was killed in a plane crash in northern Rhodesia.
1961年,联合国秘书长达格哈马舍尔德在北罗得西亚的一次飞机事故中遇难 。
1905 Actress Greta Garbo was born in Stockholm, Sweden.
1905年,女演员葛丽泰·嘉宝在瑞典斯德哥尔摩出生 。
1927 The Columbia Phonograph Broadcasting System (later CBS) debuted with a network of 16 radio stations.
1927年,哥伦比亚唱片广播系统(后来CBS)推出16无线站广播网 。
1947 The National Security Act, which unified the Army, Navy and newly formed Air Force into a national military establishment, went into effect.
1947年,将国家陆军、海军及新空军统一成全国军队编制的《国家安全法案》生效 。
1970 Rock musician Jimi Hendrix died of a drug overdose at age 27.
1970年,摇滚音乐家吉米·亨德里克斯死于服药过量,享年27岁 。
1975 Newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst was captured by the FBI in San Francisco, 19 months after being kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army.
1975年,在被共生解放军绑架19个月之后,报纸的女继承人帕特里夏·斯特在旧金山被美国联邦调查局抓获 。
1997 Coopers & Lybrand and Price Waterhouse agreed to merge to create the world's biggest accounting firm.
1997年,Coopers & Lybrand 和Price Waterhouse同意合并创造世界上最大的会计公司 。
2009 Tens of thousands of protesters rallied in defiance of Iran's Islamic leadership, clashing with police and confronting state-run anti-Israel rallies.
2009年,成千上万的抗议者无视伊朗伊斯兰的领导领导聚集起来,与警察发生了冲突并对抗国家支持的反以色列集会 。