Today in History: Sunday, December 30, 2012
历史上的今天:2012年12月30日,周日
On Dec. 30, 1922, Vladimir Lenin proclaimed the establishment of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
1922年12月30日,弗拉基米尔·列宁宣布苏维埃共和国联盟创立。
1813 The British burned Buffalo, N.Y., during the War of 1812.
1813年,1812年战争英国烧毁纽约布法罗。
1865 Author Rudyard Kipling was born in Bombay, India.
1865年,作家拉迪亚德·吉卜林在印度孟买出生。
1903 About 600 people died when fire broke out at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago.
1903年,芝加哥易洛魁人剧院发生火灾,约600人死亡。
1911 Sun Yat-sen was elected the first president of the Republic of China.
1911年,孙中山就任中华民国首任总统。
1928 Rock 'n' roll pioneer Bo Diddley was born Ellas Bates in McComb, Miss.
1928年,摇滚乐先驱Bo Diddley在密西西比麦库姆出生。
1940 California's first freeway, the Arroyo Seco Parkway connecting Los Angeles and Pasadena, was officially opened.
1940年,连接洛杉矶和帕萨迪纳市的加利福尼亚第一条高速公路Arroyo Seco正式开通。
1972 The United States halted its heavy bombing of North Vietnam.
1972年,美国停止对北越进行大规模轰炸。
1978 Ohio State University fired Woody Hayes as its football coach, one day after Hayes punched a Clemson University player during a game.
1978年,伍迪海耶斯在一场球赛中打了克莱姆森大学的一球员,一天后俄亥俄州州立大学开除伍迪海耶斯足球教练一职。
1993 Israel and the Vatican agreed to recognize one another.
1993年,以色列和梵蒂冈互互相承认。
2003 The federal government announced it would ban the sale of ephedra, an herbal stimulant linked to 155 deaths and dozens of heart attacks and strokes.
2003年,联邦政府宣布将禁止销售麻黄属植物,这种草药兴奋剂导致过155人死亡、数十人心脏病发作和中风。
2006 Former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein was hanged.
2006年,伊拉克前领导人萨达姆被处以绞刑。