Today in History: Tuesday, September 25, 2012
历史上的今天:2012年9月25日,星期二
On Sept. 25, 1957, Nine black children who had been forced to withdraw from Central High School in Little Rock, Ark., because of unruly white crowds were escorted to class by members of the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division.
1957年9月25日,因不守规矩的白人群体由美国陆军第101空降师的人员护送到教室,9名黑人儿童被迫从小石城中心高中退学 。
1493 Christopher Columbus set sail from Cadiz, Spain, with a flotilla of 17 ships on his second voyage to the Western Hemisphere.
1493年,克里斯托弗·哥伦布起航从西班牙加的斯起航,17艘小船队完成了他的第二次西半球之行 。
1513 Spanish explorer Vasco Nunez de Balboa crossed the Isthmus of Panama to reach the Pacific Ocean.
1513年,西班牙探险家瓦斯科涅斯·德·巴尔博亚穿越巴拿马地到达太平洋 。
1775 American Revolutionary War hero Ethan Allen was captured by the British as he led an attack on Montreal.
1775年,美国独立战争英雄伊桑艾伦带领袭击蒙特利尔时被英军俘虏 。
1789 The first United States Congress adopted 12 amendments to the Constitution and sent them to the states for ratification. (Ten of the amendments became the Bill of Rights.)
1789年,美国第一个国会对宪法进行了12个修正,并将其送往各州批准 。(修正案中的十项成了《权利法案》) 。
1890 Mormon president Wilford Woodruff issued a manifesto formally renouncing the practice of polygamy.
1890名,摩门教总统Wilford Woodruff宣布正式废除一夫多妻制 。
1897 Author William Faulkner was born in New Albany, Miss.
1897年,作家威廉·福克纳在密西西比新奥尔巴尼出生 。
1919 President Woodrow Wilson collapsed after a speech in Pueblo, Colo., during a tour in support of the Treaty of Versailles.
1919年,在支持《凡尔赛条约》巡游期间,在科罗拉多州发表演讲后总统伍德罗·威尔逊垮台 。
1956 The first trans-Atlantic telephone cable went into service.
1956年,第一个跨大西洋电话电缆投入运营 。
1980 Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham, 32, choked to death on his own vomit after a drinking binge.
1980年,32岁的飞艇乐队鼓手约翰·博纳姆在饮酒狂欢后呕吐窒息身亡 。
1981 Sandra Day O'Connor was sworn in as the first female justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.
1981年,桑德拉·戴·奥康纳宣誓就职,成为第一位女性美国最高法院大法官 。
2001 Saudi Arabia cut its relations with Afghanistan's ruling Taliban.
2001年,沙特阿拉伯断绝与阿富汗塔利班的关系 。
2011 Two American hikers held for more than two years in an Iranian prison, returned to the United States.
2011年,两名美国徒步旅行者在伊朗监狱关押两年后回到美国 。