Today in History: Saturday, December 15, 2012
历史上的今天:2012年12月15日,星期六
On Dec. 15, 1791, the Bill of Rights, the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution, took effect following ratification by Virginia.
1791年12月15日,美国宪法第十项修正案《权利法案》由维吉尼亚州的批准生效。
1890 Sioux Indian Chief Sitting Bull and 11 other tribe members were killed in Grand River, S.D., during a clash with Indian police.
1890年,苏族印第安酋长Sitting Bull和其他11名部落成员在与印度警察的冲突中被杀害。
1916 The French defeated the Germans in the World War I Battle of Verdun.
1916年,在第一次世界大战凡尔登战役中法国击败德国。
1938 Ground was broken for the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C.
1938年,杰佛逊纪念堂在华盛顿动土开工。
1939 The movie "Gone With the Wind" had its world premiere in Atlanta.
1939年,电影《乱世佳人》在亚特兰大举行全球首映。
1944 Bandleader Glenn Miller's U.S. Army plane disappeared over the English Channel.
1944年,乐队指挥格伦·米勒的美国陆军飞机在英吉利海峡消失。
1961 Former Nazi official Adolf Eichmann was sentenced to death by an Israeli court.
1961年,前纳粹官员阿道夫·艾希曼被以色列法庭判处死刑。
1966 Movie producer Walt Disney died at age 65.
1966年,电影制作人华特迪士尼去世,享年65岁。
1989 A popular uprising that led to the downfall of dictator Nicolae Ceausescu began in Romania.
1989年,在罗马尼亚民众大范围起义,导致独裁者尼古拉·齐奥塞斯库开始垮台。
2003 The late Sen. Strom Thurmond's family acknowledged Essie Mae Washington-Williams' claim that she was Thurmond's illegitimate mixed-race daughter.
2003年,已故参议员斯特罗姆·瑟蒙德的家人承认埃西美·华盛顿·威廉姆斯所言,她是瑟蒙德私生的混血女儿。
2004 American telecommunications giants Sprint Corp. and Nextel Communications Inc. announced they would merge in a $35 billion deal.斯普林特公司
2004年,美国电信巨头Sprint corp .和Nextel Communications宣布将以350亿美元合并。
2005 Millions of Iraqis turned out to choose a parliament in a mostly peaceful election.
2005年,数百万伊拉克人在基本和平选举下最终选出议会。
2009 The Washington, D.C. City Council voted to legalize same-sex marriage.
2009年,华盛顿特区议会投票通过同性婚姻合法化。