December 22nd, 1989. A popular uprising topples Eastern Europe's last hard-line communist ruler, Nicolae Ceausescu of Romania.
1989年12月22日,一场民众起义推翻了东欧最后一位强硬派共产主义统治者—罗马尼亚的尼古拉·齐奥塞斯库。
Days later, Ceausescu and his wife are tried and convicted by a military tribunal, then promptly shot by a firing squad.
几天后,齐奥塞斯库和他的妻子被军事法庭审判并定罪,然后立即被行刑队枪毙。
2001. Richard Reid tries to set off explosives in his tennis shoes, aboard an American Airlines flight from Paris to Miami.
2001年,在从巴黎飞往迈阿密的美国航空公司航班上,理查德·里德试图引爆自己网球鞋里的炸药。
But flight attendants and Reid's fellow passengers subdue him, Reid later pleads guilty and receives a life sentence in prison.
但空乘人员以及与里德同行的乘客制服了他,里德后来认罪并被判终身监禁。
1894. Alfred Dreyfus, a French army officer is convicted of treason in a court martial,
1894年,法国军官阿尔弗雷德·德莱弗斯在军事法庭上被判叛国罪,
but the case against Dreyfus who is Jewish triggers worldwide charges of anti-Semitism.
但是这起针对德莱弗斯的案件引发了全世界对他的反犹太主义指控。
Dreyfus who insists he is innocent is eventually vindicated years later.
德莱弗斯坚称自己是无辜的,多年后他最终被证明是无辜的。
And 2000. Wedding bells ring for the material girl as pop-star Madonna and film director Guy Ritchie marry in Scotland.
2000年,流行天后麦当娜和电影导演盖·里奇在苏格兰完婚,婚礼钟声为这位物质女孩响起。
Today in History, December 22nd, Ross Simpson, the Associated Press.
以上是12月22日《历史上的今天》,美联社罗斯·辛普森为您播报。