Today in History: Sunday, March 31, 2013
历史上的今天:2013年3月31日,星期天
On March 31, 1968, President Lyndon B. Johnson made a surprise announcement that he would not run for re-election.
1968年3月31日,林登·约翰逊总统出人意料地宣布不再竞选连任。
1492 King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain issued an edict expelling Jews unwilling to convert to Christianity.
1492年,国王费迪南和西班牙女王伊莎贝拉发布一项法令,驱逐那些不愿皈依基督教的犹太人。
1889 French engineer Alexandre Gustave Eiffel unfurled the French tricolor from atop the Eiffel Tower to mark its completion.
1889年,法国工程师亚历山大·古斯塔夫·埃菲尔在埃菲尔铁塔顶展开法国三色旗,以标志它的完成。
1917 The United States took possession of the Virgin Islands from Denmark.
1917年,美国从丹麦手中占领维尔京群岛。
1943 The Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "Oklahoma!" opened on Broadway.
1943年,罗杰斯和汉默斯坦的音乐剧《俄克拉荷马!》在百老汇上映。
1945 "The Glass Menagerie" by Tennessee Williams opened on Broadway.
1945年,田纳西·威廉姆斯执导的《玻璃动物园》在百老汇上映。
1976 The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that coma patient Karen Anne Quinlan could be disconnected from her respirator.
1976年,新泽西最高法院裁定昏迷的病人凯伦·安妮坤可能断开了呼吸机。
1992 The U.N. Security Council voted to ban flights and arms sales to Libya, branding it a terrorist state for shielding six men accused of blowing up Pan Am Flight 103 and a French airliner.
1992年,因叙利亚庇护被指控炸毁泛美航空103航班和一架法国客机的六名男子,联合国安理会投票禁止向叙出售飞机和武器,称其是一个恐怖国家。
1995 Singer Selena, 23, was shot to death in Corpus Christi, Texas, by the founder of her fan club.
1995年,23岁的歌手赛琳娜在得克萨斯州科珀斯克里斯蒂被她粉丝俱乐部的创始人射杀身亡。
1999 Four New York City police officers were charged with murder for killing Amadou Diallo, an unarmed African immigrant, in a hail of bullets. (They were acquited in 2000.)
1999年,四名纽约警察被指控在乱枪中杀害了一名手无寸铁的非洲移民阿玛杜·迪亚洛。(他们在2000年被释放)
2004 Four American civilian contractors were killed in Fallujah, Iraq; frenzied crowds dragged their burned, mutilated bodies and strung two of them from a bridge.
2004年,四名美国平民承包商在伊拉克费卢杰被杀,疯狂的人群将他们点燃并拖着他们残缺不全的尸体,其中两人还被挂在一座桥上。
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