Today in History: Sunday, December 09, 2012
历史上的今天:2012年12月9日,星期天
On Dec. 9, 1990, Solidarity founder Lech Walesa was elected president of Poland.
1990年12月9日,团结创始人瓦文萨当选波兰总统。
1608Poet John Milton was born in London.
1608年,诗人弥尔顿在伦敦出生。
1854The poem "The Charge of the Light Brigade" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, was published in England.
1854年,阿尔弗雷德·丁尼生创作的诗歌《轻骑兵的冲锋》在英国发表。
1907Christmas seals went on sale for the first time, at the Wilmington, Del., post office. The proceeds went to fight tuberculosis.
1907年,圣诞节封印第一次在威明顿·德尔邮局发售,所得收入用于对抗结核病。
1912Longtime House Speaker Thomas "Tip" O'Neill was born in Cambridge, Mass.
1912年,长期担任众议院议长的托马斯·奥尼尔在麻省剑桥出生。
1940British troops opened their first major offensive in North Africa during World War II.
1940年,二战期间,英国军队开启了第一次对北非的主要进攻。
1941China declared war on Japan, Germany and Italy.
1941年,中国对日本,德国和意大利宣战。
1958The anti-Communist John Birch Society was formed in Indianapolis.
1958年,共产主义约翰·伯奇协会在印第安纳波利斯成立。
1975President Gerald R. Ford signed a $2.3 billion seasonal loan authorization to prevent New York City from having to default.
1975年,杰拉尔德·福特总统签署了一项23亿美元的季节性贷款授权,防止纽约市违约。
1992Britain's Prince Charles and Princess Diana announced their separation. (They divorced in 1996.)
1992年,英国的查尔斯王子和戴安娜王妃宣布离婚。(他们于1996年离婚。)
1995Rep. Kweisi Mfume, D-Md., was chosen to head the NAACP.
1995年,众议员奎西斯·姆费姆被选为全国有色人种协会负责人。
2000The U.S. Supreme Court ordered a temporary halt in the Florida presidential vote count.
2000年,美国最高法院下令暂时停止在佛罗里达州的总统选举计数。
2002United Airlines filed the biggest bankruptcy in aviation history after losing $4 billion in the previous two years.
2002年,在两年前损失40亿美元后,美国航空公司宣布航空史上最大的破产案。
2004Canada's Supreme Court ruled that gay marriage was constitutional.
2004年,加拿大最高法院裁定同性婚姻是符合宪法的。
2008Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was arrested on suspicion of scheming to sell Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat for cash or a job for himself in the new administration.
2008年,伊利诺斯州州长罗德·布拉戈耶维奇涉嫌密谋倒卖奥巴马的空缺参议员席位,或谋求自己在新一届政府的职位而被逮捕。