Today in History: Monday, October 08, 2012
历史上的今天:2012年10月8日
On Oct. 8, 1871, the Great Chicago Fire erupted. The blaze destroyed four square miles of the city, killing about 250 people and leaving some 90,000 homeless.
1871年10月8日,芝加哥大爆发大火,烧毁了四平方英里的城市,造成约250人死亡,90000人无家可归 。
1869 Franklin Pierce, the 14th president of the United States, died in Concord, N.H., at age 64.
1869年,美国第14任总统富兰克林·皮尔斯在新罕布什尔州康科德逝世,享年64岁 。
1918 American Army Sgt. Alvin York almost single-handedly killed 25 German soldiers and captured 132 in the Argonne Forest in France.
1918年,美国陆军中士Alvin York几乎单枪匹马杀死25德国士兵并在法国阿贡森林俘获132名俘虏 。
1944 "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet" debuted on CBS Radio.
1944年,电影《奥兹和哈里特的冒险》在CBS电台首映 。
1945 President Harry S. Truman announced that the secret of the atomic bomb would be shared only with Britain and Canada.
1945年,杜鲁门总统宣布原子弹的秘密将只与英国和加拿大共享 。
1956 Don Larsen pitched the only perfect game in a World Series as the New York Yankees beat the Brooklyn Dodgers 2-0 in Game 5.
1956年,在第五场比赛纽约洋基队以2 - 0击败布鲁克林道奇队世界大赛中Don Larsen 完美上演 。
1959 Margaret Thatcher was first elected to the British Parliament as a Conservative representing the north London suburb of Finchley.
1959年,玛格丽特·撒切尔作为伦敦北部芬奇利保守派代表,首次当选为英国议会议员 。
1970 Soviet author Alexander Solzhenitsyn was named winner of the Nobel Prize for literature.
1970年,苏联作家亚历山大·索尔仁尼琴提名诺贝尔文学奖得主 。
1982 Poland banned all labor organizations, including Solidarity.
1982年,波兰禁止包括团结在内的所有劳动组织 。
1985 The hijackers of the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro killed American passenger Leon Klinghoffer and dumped his body and wheelchair overboard.
1985年,意大利大型游轮劫机者Achille Lauro杀死美国乘客Leon Klinghoffer并在船外丢弃了他的尸体和轮椅 。
2001 Former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge was sworn in as director of the new Office of Homeland Security.
2001年,前宾夕法尼亚州州长汤姆·里奇宣誓就任国土安全新办公室主任 。
2004 Lifestyle guru Martha Stewart reported to prison to begin serving a sentence for lying about a stock sale.
2004年,据报道,时尚生活权威玛莎·斯图尔特因股票谎言开始在监狱服刑 。
2005 A major earthquake flattened villages on the Pakistan-India border, killing an estimated 86,000 people.
2005年,大地震将巴基斯坦与印度边境的村庄夷为平地,约86,000人遇难 。