Today in History: Thursday, September 20, 2012
历史上的今天:周四,2012年9月20日

On Sept. 20,1519 Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan set out from Spain on a voyage to find a western passage to the Spice Islands in Indonesia.
1519年9月20日，葡萄牙航海家费迪南·麦哲伦从西班牙航行出发找到了一条通往印尼香料岛的西方通道4&sqoi+9X-@e)yTqZ。

1870 Italian troops took control of the Papal States, leading to the unification of Italy.
1870年，意大利军队控制了教皇国致使意大利统一1wW*ey,ahA+^b;SEo。

1873 Panic swept the New York Stock Exchange in the wake of railroad bond defaults and bank failures.
1873年，因铁路债券违约以及银行倒闭后，恐慌席卷纽约证券交易Xh5Ab*O2mor2,syVgMae。

1881 Chester A. Arthur was sworn in as the 21st president of the United States, succeeding James A. Garfield, who had been assassinated.
1881年，Chester A.Arthur接任被暗杀的James A.Garfield，宣誓就任美国第21届总统rORd~P^l+@,a&ymU4。

1962, James Meredith, a black man, was blocked from enrolling at the University of Mississippi by Gov. Ross R. Barnett.
1962年，黑人詹姆斯梅瑞狄斯被Ross R.Barnett政府禁止进入密西西比大学|rP;q;v2d,csW。

1973 In their so-called "battle of the sexes" on the tennis court, Billie Jean King beat Bobby Riggs 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 at the Houston Astrodome.
1973年，在一场他们称作“阴阳争霸”的网球赛场上，Billie Jean King在休斯敦运动场以6 - 3,6 - 4击败了鲍比·里格斯;uRX.D._l;48vp!。

1977 The first wave of Southeast Asian "boat people" arrived in San Francisco under a U.S. resettlement program.
1977年，在美国重置计划下，第一波的东南亚“船民”抵达旧金山NY~jV7g89u7kW@。

1984 A suicide car bomber attacked the U.S. Embassy annex in north Beirut, killing a dozen people.
1984年，一次自杀式汽车炸弹袭击了北贝鲁特附近的美国大使馆，造成12人遇难Tcvxc)w5au9iZx1e2Y。

2005 Holocaust survivor and Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal died at age 96.
2005年，大屠杀幸存者和纳粹猎人西蒙?维森塔尔去世,享年96岁kz1BH0^OtIx9iKDQWt4~。

2011 Repeal of the U.S. military's 18-year-old "don't ask, don't tell" compromise took effect, allowing gay and lesbian service members to serve openly.
2011年，美国军事中18岁“不许问,不许说”废除方案生效，允许公开服役军人同性恋活动x)VcmVqoAkI)l.x。