Today in History: Sunday, February 17, 2013
历史上的今天:2013年2月17日,星期天
On Feb. 17, 1801, the House of Representatives broke an electoral tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr, choosing Jefferson to be president.
1801年2月17日,美国众议院在托马斯·杰弗逊和布尔之间得票数相同的情况下,选举托马斯·杰弗逊为美国总统。
1863 The International Red Cross was founded in Geneva.
1863年,国际红十字会在日内瓦成立。
1904 Giacomo Puccini's opera "Madama Butterfly" had its world premiere at La Scala in Milan, Italy.
1904年,普契尼的歌剧《蝴蝶夫人》在意大利米兰斯卡拉举行全球首映。
1933 Newsweek magazine was first published.
1933年,《新闻周刊》首次出版。
1947 The Voice of America began broadcasting to the Soviet Union.
1947年,美国之音开始传向苏联。
1972 President Richard M. Nixon departed on a historic trip to China.
1972年,美国总统尼克松进行了一次具有历史意义的中国之行。
1992 Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer was sentenced in Milwaukee to life in prison.
1992年,连环杀手杰弗里在密尔沃基被判终生监禁。
1995 Colin Ferguson was convicted of six counts of murder in the December 1993 Long Island Rail Road shootings that also wounded 19 people.
1955年,科林·弗格森因1993年12月长岛铁路公路枪击事件被判六项谋杀罪,该枪击事件同样造成19人受伤。
1996 World chess champion Garry Kasparov beat IBM supercomputer "Deep Blue," winning a six-game match in Philadelphia.
1996年,世界国际象棋冠军加里·卡斯帕罗夫击败IBM超级计算机“深蓝”,在费城赢得6场比赛。
2002 The new Transportation Security Administration took over supervision of aviation security from the airline industry and the Federal Aviation Administration.
2002年,新运输安全管理局从航空工业和联邦航空管理局手中接管了航空安全监督权。
2005 President George W. Bush named John Negroponte to be the first national intelligence director.
2005年,乔治W·布什总统任命约翰·内格罗蓬特为国家情报局局长。
2008 Kosovo declared itself a nation in defiance of Serbia and Russia.
2008年,科索沃无视塞尔维亚和俄罗斯宣布独立。
2009 President Barack Obama signed a $757 billion economic stimulus package into law..
2009年,巴拉克·奥巴马总统签署了一项7570亿美元的经济刺激方案成为法律。