Today in History: Sunday, September 16, 2012
历史上的今天:2012年9月16日,周日
On Sept. 16, 1974 President Gerald R. Ford announced a conditional amnesty program for Vietnam War deserters and draft-evaders.
1974年9月16日,总统杰拉尔德·福特宣布了一项关于越南战争逃兵和逃避兵役者有条件的大赦计划 。
1630 The Massachusetts village of Shawmut changed its name to Boston.
1630年,马萨诸塞州Shawmut村庄更名为波士顿 。
1638 France's King Louis XIV was born.
1638年,法国国王路易十四出生 。
1810 Mexico began a successful revolt against Spanish rule.
1810年,墨西哥反西班牙统治革命成功开始 。
1857 The song "Jingle Bells" by James Pierpont was copyrighted under its original title, "One Horse Open Sleigh."
1857年,由詹姆斯·皮蓬特创作的歌曲《铃儿响叮当》在其原始歌名"One Horse Open Sleigh"下享有版权 。
1893 Hundreds of thousands of settlers took part in a land run in Oklahoma's "Cherokee Strip."
1893年,成千上万的移民在俄克拉荷马的"切罗基地带"参加了一个土地运动 。
1908 General Motors was formed in Flint, Mich., by William Durant.
1908年,通用汽车由威廉·杜兰特在佛林特,密歇根州创立 。
1919 The American Legion was incorporated by an act of Congress.
1919年,美国退伍军人协会通过一项国会法案成立 。
1940 Rep. Samuel T. Rayburn, D-Texas, the longest-serving House speaker in history, was first elected to the post.
1940年,历史上最长的众议院议长塞缪尔·雷伯恩在德州首次当选上位 。
1940 President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed into law the first peacetime military draft in U.S. History.
1940年,罗斯福总统签署了美国史上第一个和平时期军事草案 。
1966 The Metropolitan Opera opened its new home at New York City's Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.
1966年,纽约大都会歌剧院定家与纽约的林肯表演艺术中心 。
1972 "The Bob Newhart Show" premiered on CBS.
1972年,“鲍勃·纽哈特秀”在CBS首映 。
1982 A massacre of between 1,200 and 1,400 Palestinian men, women and children at the hands of Israeli-allied Christian Phalange militiamen began in west Beirut's Sabra and Shatila refugee camps.
1982,以色列联合基督教Phalange民兵组织挟持1200至1400名巴勒斯坦男人、女人和孩子们并在西贝鲁特开始拉和沙提拉难民营对其开始进行屠杀 。
2002 U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan announced that Iraq had unconditionally accepted the return of U.N. weapons inspectors.
2002年,联合国秘书长科菲·安南宣布伊拉克无条件再次接受联合国武器核查员 。
2004 Hurricane Ivan plowed into the Gulf Coast with 130 mph wind and a major storm surge; Ivan was blamed for at least 115 deaths, 43 in the United States.
2004年,飓风"伊凡"伴随着巨大海浪以每小时130英里的速度袭击墨西哥湾沿岸,至少115人死亡,其中43名美国人 。
2008 The federal government announced an emergency $85 billion loan to rescue AIG, the world's largest insurance company.
2008年,联邦政府宣布了一项价值850亿美元的紧急贷款来拯救世界最大的保险公司美国国际集团 。