Today in History: Tuesday, August 14, 2012
历史上的今天:2012年8月14日
1945 President Harry S. Truman announced that Japan had surrendered unconditionally, ending World War II.
1945年,杜鲁门总统宣布日本无条件投降了,第二次世界大战结束。
1848 The Oregon Territory was established.
1848年,美国俄勒冈州建立。
1917 China declared war on Germany and Austria during World War I.
1917年,第一次世界大战期间,中国对德国和奥地利宣战。
1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law, creating unemployment insurance and pension plans for the elderly.
1935年,美国总统富兰克林•罗斯福签署社会安全法案,为老年人创造失业保险和养老金计划。
1941 President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill issued the Atlantic Charter, a statement of principles that renounced aggression.
1941年,罗斯福总统以及英国首相温斯顿•丘吉尔发表《大西洋宪章》,一项放弃侵略的原则声明。
1947 Pakistan became independent of British rule.
1947年,巴基斯坦从英国统治中独立。
1969 British troops arrived in Northern Ireland to intervene in sectarian violence between Protestants and Roman Catholics.
1969年,英国军队抵达北爱尔兰调停新教徒和罗马天主教徒间的教派暴力冲突。
1973 U.S. bombing of Cambodia came to a halt.
1973年,美国对柬埔寨的轰炸结束。
1980 Workers went on strike at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdansk, Poland - a job action that resulted in the creation of the Solidarity labor movement.
1980年,在波兰格丹斯克,工人在列宁造船厂罢工,这一罢工行为导致了团结工会运动。
1980 President Jimmy Carter and Vice President Walter Mondale were nominated for a second term at the Democratic National Convention in New York.
1980年,卡特总统和副总统沃尔特•蒙代尔在纽约民主党全国大会被提名连任。
1996 The Republican National Convention in San Diego nominated Bob Dole for president and Jack Kemp for vice president.
1996年,圣地亚哥共和党全国大会提名鲍勃•多尔为总统和杰克•坎普为副总统。
1997 An unrepentant Timothy McVeigh was sentenced to death for the Oklahoma City bombing.
1997年,死不悔改的蒂莫西•麦克维因俄克拉荷马城爆炸案被判处死刑。
2003 A blackout hit the northeastern United States and part of Canada; 50 million people lost power.
2003年,美国东北部和加拿大部分地区断电,5,000万人无电可用。
2006 Israel halted its offensive against Hezbollah guerrillas as a U.N.-imposed cease-fire went into effect after a month of warfare that killed more than 900 people.
2006年,经过一个月的战乱900多人死亡后,因联合国施加的停火协议奏效,以色列停止了对真主党游击队的进攻。