Today in History: Friday, January 04, 2013
历史上的今天:2013年1月4日,周五
On Jan. 4, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson outlined the goals of his "Great Society" in his State of the Union address.
1965年1月4日,林登·约翰逊总统在他的国情咨文中概述他建设“伟大社会”的目标。
1896 Utah was admitted to the Union as the 45th state.
1896年,犹他州加入联邦成为美国第45州。
1948 Britain granted independence to Burma.
1948年,英国同意缅甸独立。
1951 North Korean and Communist Chinese forces captured the city of Seoul during the Korean War.
1951年,朝鲜战争期间,中共和朝鲜军队占领首尔市。
1960 Nobel Prize-winning French author Albert Camus died in a car accident at age 46.
1960年,诺贝尔奖获得者,法国作家Albert Camus在一场车祸中遇难,享年46岁。
1965 Poet T.S. Eliot died at age 76.
1965年,诗人T.S.Eliot去世,享年76岁。
1974 President Richard Nixon refused to hand over tape recordings and documents subpoenaed by the Senate Watergate Committee.
1974年,理查德·尼克松总统拒绝交出由参议院水门事件委员会传唤的磁带录音和文件。
1995 The 104th Congress convened, the first entirely under Republican control since the Eisenhower era; Newt Gingrich was elected speaker of the House.
1995年,艾森豪威尔时代以来,第104届国会首次完全由共和党控制,纽特·金里奇当选众议院议长。
1999 Former professional wrestler Jesse Ventura was sworn in as governor of Minnesota.
1999年,前职业摔跤手杰西·文图拉宣誓就任明尼苏达州州长。
2004 Afghans approved a new constitution.
2004年,阿富汗人批准一项新宪法。
2006 Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon suffered a stroke and his powers were transferred to his deputy, Ehud Olmert.
2006年,以色列总理沙龙中风,他的权力被转移到他的副手埃胡德·奥尔默特。
2007 Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., became the first female speaker of the House.
2007年,Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.,成为首位女性众议院议长。
2010 Dubai opened the world's tallest skyscraper, the 2,717-foot gleaming glass-and-metal tower Burj Khalifa.
2010年,迪拜开放了世界上最高的摩天大楼,2717英尺高由玻璃金属打造的闪闪发光的哈利法塔。