Today in History: Thursday, October 04, 2012
历史上的今天:2012年10月4日,周三
On Oct. 4, 1957, the Space Age began as the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the first man-made satellite, into orbit.
1957年10月4日,随着苏联将第一颗人造卫星Sputnik送入轨道,拉开了太空时代的序幕 。
1822 Rutherford B. Hayes, the 19th president of the United States, was born in Delaware, Ohio.
1822年,美国第10任总统卢瑟福·海耶斯在俄亥俄州特拉华出生 。
1895 The first U.S. Open golf tournament was held, at the Newport Country Club in Rhode Island.
1895年,美国第一个高尔夫公开赛在罗得岛新港乡村俱乐部举行 。
1923 Actor Charlton Heston was born John Charles Carter in Evanston, Ill.
1923年,演员查尔顿·赫斯顿在伊利诺伊州埃文斯顿出生 。
1931 The comic strip "Dick Tracy" by Chester Gould made its debut.
1931年,漫画切斯特制作的漫画“迪克·崔西”首次亮相 。
1957 Jimmy Hoffa was elected president of the Teamsters Union.
1957年,吉米·哈法当选卡车驾驶员工会主席 。
1957 "Leave It to Beaver" premiered on CBS.
1957年,电影“反斗小宝宝”首次在CBS放映 。
1970 Rock singer Janis Joplin, 27, was found dead of an accidental heroin overdose.
1970年,27岁的摇滚歌手詹尼斯·乔普林被发现死于意外服用海洛因过量 。
1990 German lawmakers held the first meeting of the reunified country's parliament in the Reichstag in Berlin.
1990年,统一了的国家议会在德国国会大厦举行第一次会议 。
1993 Dozens of cheering, dancing Somalis dragged the body of an American soldier through the streets of Mogadishu.
1993年,数十人欢呼雀跃的索马里人拖着一名美国士兵的尸体走过摩加迪休街道 。
2001 Authorities said a man in Boca Raton, Fla., had contracted the inhaled form of anthrax; he died the following day.
2001年,当局称称佛罗里达州男子因接触了炭疽的吸入形式于第二天死亡 。
2002 John Walker Lindh, the so-called "American Taliban," was sentenced to 20 years in prison by a federal judge in Alexandria, Va.
2002年,在弗吉尼亚州亚历山德里亚市,所谓的“美国塔利班”约翰·沃克·林德由联邦法官判处20年有期徒刑 。
2002 Richard Reid pleaded guilty in a federal court to trying to blow up a trans-Atlantic flight with explosives hidden in his shoes.
2002年,理查德·里德在联邦法庭认罪,试图凭着鞋子里藏着的炸药炸毁一架跨大西洋航班 。