Today in History: Saturday, December 08, 2012
历史上的今天:2012年12月8日,星期六
On Dec. 8, 1941, the United States entered World War II as Congress declared war against Japan one day after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
1941年12月8日,日本偷袭珍珠港后一天美国国会对日宣战,加入第二次世界大战。
1776George Washington's retreating army crossed the Delaware River from New Jersey to Pennsylvania during the Revolutionary War.
1776年,独立战争期间,乔治华盛顿撤退的军队穿越特拉华河从新泽西前往宾夕法尼亚州。
1854Pope Pius IX proclaimed the Catholic dogma of the Immaculate Conception, which holds that Mary, the mother of Jesus, was free of original sin from the moment of her own conception.
1854年,教皇庇护九世宣布圣灵感孕说天主教教义,认为耶稣的母亲玛丽在她自己受孕时没有原罪。
1863President Abraham Lincoln announced his plan for the Reconstruction of the South.
1863年,亚伯拉罕·林肯总统宣布他重建南方的计划。
1886The American Federation of Labor was founded in Columbus, Ohio.
1886年,美国劳工联合会在俄亥俄州哥伦布市成立。
1980Rock musician John Lennon was shot to death outside his New York City apartment building by Mark David Chapman. The former Beatle was 40.
1980年,摇滚音乐家约翰·列侬在马克·大卫·查普曼建造的纽约公寓被射杀而死。这名前披头士乐队成员享年40岁。
1987Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied territories began an intefadeh, or uprising.
1987年,在以色列占领的领土上巴勒斯坦人开始发动起义。
1987President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev signed a treaty calling for destruction of intermediate-range nuclear missiles.
1987年,总统罗纳德·里根和苏联领导人戈尔巴乔夫签署了一项条约要求销毁中程核导弹。
1991Russia, Belarus and Ukraine declared the Soviet national government dead, forming a new Commonwealth of Independent States.
1991年,俄罗斯、白俄罗斯和乌克兰宣布苏联国家政府已经灭亡,现在形成了一种新的独立国家联合体。
1991Kimberly Bergalis, who had contracted AIDS from her dentist, died in Florida at age 23.
1991年,从自己牙科医生那感染上艾滋病的23岁金伯利在佛罗里达去世。
1992Americans saw live TV coverage of U.S. troops landing on the beaches of Somalia as Operation Restore Hope began.
1992年,美国人观看电视报道,观看美国部队登陆索马里海滩开始行动恢复希望。
1993President Bill Clinton signed into law the North American Free Trade Agreement.
1993年,比尔·克林顿总统签署了《北美自由贸易协定》。
2008Khalid Sheikh Mohammed told the Guantanamo war crimes tribunal he would confess to masterminding the Sept. 11 attacks; four other men also abandoned their defenses.
2008年,哈立德·谢赫·穆罕默德告诉关塔那摩战争罪法庭,他将承认策划了9·11袭击事件,其他四名男子同样供认不讳。