Today in History: Tuesday, December 25, 2012
历史上的今天:2012年12月25日,星期二
On Dec. 25, 1990, the World Wide Web was born as computer scientists Tim Berners-Lee and Robert Cailliau created the first hyperlinked Web page.
1990年12月25日,计算机科学家蒂姆·伯纳斯-李和罗伯特·卡里奥发明了首个超链接网页,万维网从此诞生。
336 The first recorded celebration of Christmas on Dec. 25 took place in Rome.
336年,12月25日在罗马庆祝有记录以来的首个圣诞节。
1066 William the Conqueror was crowned king of England.
1066年,征服者威廉被加冕英格兰国王。
1776 Gen. George Washington and his troops crossed the Delaware River for a surprise attack against Hessian forces at Trenton, N.J.
1776年,乔治·华盛顿将军和他的军队穿过特拉华河,突袭新泽西州特伦顿黑森部队。
1818 "Silent Night" was performed for the first time, at the Church of St. Nikolaus in Oberndorff, Austria.
1818年,奥地利Oberndorff 尼古拉斯教堂举行了首个“平安夜”活动。
1821 Clara Barton, the founder of the American Red Cross, was born in Oxford, Mass.
1821年,美国红十字会创始人克拉拉·巴顿在Mass牛津出生。
1868 President Andrew Johnson granted an unconditional pardon to everyone involved in the Southern rebellion that resulted in the Civil War.
1868年,安德鲁·约翰逊总统批准对内战期间卷入南方叛乱者实施无条件大赦。
1926 Hirohito became emperor of Japan, succeeding his father, Emperor Yoshihito.
1926年,Hirohito接任他的父亲Yoshihito成为日本天皇。
1977 Comedian Charlie Chaplin died at age 88.
1977年,喜剧演员查理·卓别林去世,享年88岁。
1989 Ousted Romanian President Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife, Elena, were executed.
1989年,被罢黜的罗马尼亚总统尼古拉·齐奥塞斯库和他的妻子艾琳娜被处决。
1989 Former New York Yankees player and manager Billy Martin, 61, died when the pickup truck he was riding in crashed.
1989年,61岁的前纽约洋基球员及教练比利·马丁乘坐的卡车发生车祸死亡。
1991 Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev went on TV to announce his resignation as the eighth and final leader of a Communist superpower that had already gone out of existence.
1991年,苏联总统戈尔巴乔夫在电视上宣布他辞去第八任,也是作为共产主义超级大国的最后一任领袖。
1995 Singer Dean Martin died at age 78.
1995年,歌手迪恩马丁去世,享年78岁。
2006 Soul singer James Brown died at age 73.
2006年,灵魂歌手詹姆斯布朗去世,享年73岁。