Today in History: Friday, December 14, 2012
历史上的今天:2012年12月14日,星期五
On Dec. 14, 1799, George Washington, the first president of the United States, died at his Mount Vernon, Va., home at age 67.
1799年12月14日,美国第一任总统乔治·华盛顿在他家弗吉尼亚州芒特弗农去世,享年67岁。
1819 Alabama joined the Union as the 22nd state.
1819年,阿拉巴马州加入联邦成为美国第22个州。
1861 Prince Albert, husband of Britain's Queen Victoria, died in London.
1861年,英国维多利亚女王的丈夫艾伯特王子在伦敦去世。
1911 Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen became the first man to reach the South Pole.
1911年,挪威探险家罗尔德·阿蒙森第一个到达南极。
1946 The United Nations General Assembly voted to establish the U.N. headquarters in New York City.
1946年,联合国大会投票在纽约建立联合国总部。
1979 The album "London Calling" by the Clash was released.
1979年,英国摇滚乐队"冲撞乐队"的专辑《London Calling》发布。
1981 Israel annexed the Golan Heights, seized from Syria in 1967.
1981年,以色列吞并了1967年从叙利亚手中夺取的戈兰高地。
1985 Wilma Mankiller became the first woman to lead a major American Indian tribe as she took office as principal chief of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma.
1985年,威尔玛曼基勒担任俄克拉荷马切诺基族首领,成为第一位领导一个主要美国印第安人部落的妇女。
2000 The Federal Trade Commission unanimously approved the $111 billion merger of America Online and Time Warner.
2000年,联邦贸易委员会一致通过1110亿美元将美国在线和时代华纳合并。
2006 South Korea's Ban Ki-moon was sworn in as the eighth secretary-general of the United Nations.
2006年,韩国的潘基文宣誓就任第八任联合国秘书长。
2008 An Iraqi journalist threw his shoes at President George W. Bush during a news conference in Baghdad; Bush was not hit.
2008年,在巴格达的一个新闻发布会上,一名伊拉克记者将自己的鞋砸向美国总统乔治W.布什。布什没有被击中。