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Today in History: Monday, December 17, 2012
历史上的今天：2012年12月17日，星期一
On Dec. 17, 1903, Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first successful man-powered airplane flight, near Kitty Hawk, N.C.
1903年12月17日，奥维尔和威尔伯·赖特在北卡罗来纳的基蒂霍克附近首次成功驾机动力飞行。
1933 In the first NFL championship game, the Chicago Bears defeated the New York Giants 23-21 at Wrigley Field.
1933年，第一届橄榄球冠军赛，在Wrigley棒球场芝加哥熊队以23 - 21击败纽约巨人队。
1944 The U.S. Army announced the end of its policy of excluding Japanese-Americans from the West Coast.
1944年，美国军队宣布结束在西海岸驱逐日裔美国人的政策。
1957 The United States successfully test-fired the Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile for the first time.
1957年，美国成功首试阿特拉斯洲际弹道导弹。
1969 The U.S. Air Force closed its Project "Blue Book" by concluding there was no evidence of extraterrestrial spaceships behind thousands of UFO sightings.
1969年，在对成千上万的UFO目击事件调查后，美国空军结束“蓝皮书”项目断定没有证据存在外星飞船。
1969 An estimated 50 million viewers watched singer Tiny Tim marry Miss Vicky on NBC's "Tonight Show."
1969年，估计有5000万观众在NBC电视台观看了歌手小蒂姆嫁给维基小姐的“今夜秀”。
1975 Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme was sentenced to life in prison for her attempt on the life of President Gerald R. Ford. (She was paroled in 2009.)
1975年，Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme 因尝试进入杰拉尔德·福特总统的生活被判处终身监禁(她于2009年被假释。)
1989 The animated TV series "The Simpsons" premiered on Fox.
1989年，动画电视连续剧《辛普森一家》在福克斯首演。
1992 President George H.W. Bush, Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari signed the North American Free Trade Agreement in separate ceremonies.
1992年，美国总统乔治·布什，加拿大总理罗尼和墨西哥总统卡洛斯·萨里纳斯·德·戈塔里在单独仪式上签署《北美自由贸易协定》。
1996 Kofi Annan of Ghana became United Nations secretary-general.
1996年，加纳的科菲·安南成为联合国秘书长。
2004President George W. Bush signed into law the largest overhaul of U.S. intelligence-gathering in 50 years.
2004年，布什总统将美国情报收集进行50年来最大全面修订，并签署成法律。
2005 President George W. Bush acknowledged he'd personally authorized a secret eavesdropping program in the U.S. following Sept. 11.
2005年，乔治W.布什总统承认在在9·11事件后，他亲自授权了一个秘密窃听计划。
2010 Mohamed Bouazizi, a 26-year-old fruit vendor frustrated with harassment by local officials, set himself on fire in Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia. His act of defiance set off nationwide protests that brought down longtime President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and soon spread to the rest of the Arab world.
2010年，穆罕默德·布瓦吉吉，一个26岁的水果小贩被当地官员的骚扰在突尼斯Sidi Bouzid自焚。此举引发全国性的抗议，长期担任总统Zine El Abidine Ben Ali被迫下台，并很快蔓延至其它阿拉伯世界。
