Today in History: Friday, December 21, 2012
历史上的今天:2012年12月21日,星期五
On Dec. 21, 1988, a bomb exploded aboard a Pam Am Boeing 747 over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing 270 people, including 11 on the ground.
1988年12月21日,在苏格兰洛克比上空,一架波音747上一枚炸弹发生爆炸,造成270人死亡,包括在陆地上死亡的11人。
1620 Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower went ashore for the first time at present-day Plymouth, Mass.
1620年,朝圣者乘坐“五月花”号船首次登陆如今的马萨诸塞普利茅斯。
1879 Soviet dictator Josef Stalin was born Josef Dzhugashvili in Gori, Georgia.
1879年,苏联独裁者约瑟夫·斯大林在格鲁吉亚哥里城出生。
1898 Scientists Pierre and Marie Curie discovered the radioactive element radium.
1898年,科学家皮埃尔和玛丽·居里发现了放射性元素镭。
1913 The first crossword puzzle was published, in the New York World.
1913年,第一个纵横拼字游戏在纽约世界发表。
1937 The Disney animated feature film "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" had its world premiere in Los Angeles.
1937年,迪斯尼动画电影《白雪公主和七个小矮人》在洛杉矶全球首映。
1948 Ireland became an independent republic.
1948年,爱尔兰成为独立共和国。
1958 Charles de Gaulle was elected the first president of France's Fifth Republic.
1958年,戴高乐担任法兰西第五共和国的首任总统。
1968 Apollo 8 was launched on a mission to orbit the moon.
1968年,阿波罗8号发射,进行环月飞行任务。
1970 Elvis Presley met with President Richard M. Nixon in the Oval Office to discuss fighting drugs.
1970年,猫王在美国总统办公室会见了理查德·尼克松总统,探讨打击毒品问题。
1971 The U.N. Security Council chose Kurt Waldheim to succeed U Thant as secretary-general.
1971年,联合国安理会选择库尔特·瓦尔德海姆接任吴丹担任联合国秘书长。
1978 Police in Des Plaines, Ill., arrested John W. Gacy Jr. and began unearthing the remains of 33 men and boys he was later convicted of murdering.
1978年,德斯普兰斯逮捕了 John W. Gacy Jr,并挖掘出33个男人和男孩的尸体,随后他被判谋杀罪。
1991 Eleven of the 12 former Soviet republics proclaimed the birth of the Commonwealth of Independent States.
1991年,12个前苏联加盟共和国中的11个宣部独联体诞生。
1995 The city of Bethlehem passed from Israeli to Palestinian control.
1995年,以色列将伯利恒市交与巴勒斯坦管控。
1996 After two years of denials, House Speaker Newt Gingrich admitted violating House ethics rules.
1996年,经过两年的否认,众议院议长纽特·金里奇承认违反众议院道德准则。