Today in History: Wednesday, February 06, 2013
历史上的今天:2013年2月6日,星期三
On Feb. 6, 1952, Britain's King George VI died at age 56, and his daughter was proclaimed Queen Elizabeth II. The new queen had been traveling in Kenya with her husband, Prince Philip, and immediately returned home.
1952年2月6日,英国国王乔治六世于56岁去世,他的女儿伊丽莎白二世宣布就任英国女王。新皇后与她的丈夫菲利普亲王当时一直在肯尼亚旅行,得此消息后立即回国。
1756 Aaron Burr, America's third vice president, was born in Newark, N.J.
1756 美国的第三任副总统Aaron Burr在新泽西州纽瓦克出生。
1788 Massachusetts became the sixth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
1788年,马萨诸塞州成为批准美国宪法的第六个州。
1895 Baseball Hall of Famer George Herman "Babe" Ruth was born in Baltimore.
1895年,棒球名人堂 George Herman "Babe" Ruth 在巴尔的摩出生。
1899 A peace treaty between the United States and Spain was ratified by the U.S. Senate.
1899年,美西和平条约得到美国参议院批准。
1911 Ronald Wilson Reagan, the 40th president of the United States, was born in Tampico, Ill.
1911年,美国第40任总统罗纳德·威尔逊·里根在伊利诺斯州坦皮科出生。
1933 The 20th Amendment to the Constitution was declared in effect.
1933,美国第20次宪法修正案生效。
1945 Reggae musician Bob Marley was born in St. Ann parish in Jamaica.
1945年,雷鬼音乐家鲍勃马利在牙买加圣安教区出生。
1993 Tennis Hall of Famer Arthur Ashe, who had contracted HIV through a tainted blood transfusion, died at age 49.
1993年,曾因使用被感染血液而染上HIV的网球名人堂Arthur Ashe去世,时年49岁。
1999 Excerpts of former White House intern Monica Lewinsky's videotaped testimony were shown at President Bill Clinton's impeachment trial in the Senate.
1999年,前白宫实习生莫尼卡·莱温斯基的录像证词摘录在参议院弹劾比尔·克林顿总统的审判中被公示。
2000 First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton launched her successful candidacy for the U.S. Senate.
2000年,第一夫人希拉里·罗德姆·克林顿发起成功竞选美国参议院。
2001 Ariel Sharon was elected Israeli prime minister in a landslide over Ehud Barak.
2001年,阿里埃勒·沙龙大胜埃胡德·巴拉克当选以色列总理。
2003 ABC's "20/20" aired a British documentary on Michael Jackson in which the singer revealed he sometimes let children sleep in his bed.
2003年,美国广播公司“20/20”播放了一部英国纪录片,纪录片中歌手迈克尔·杰克逊透露他有时让孩子睡在他的床上。
2004An explosion ripped through a Moscow subway car during rush hour, killing 41 people in a terrorist attack blamed on Chechen separatists.
2004年,莫斯科地铁车辆高峰时期发生大爆炸致41人死亡,恐怖袭击归咎于车臣分裂分子。