Today in History: Monday, February 25, 2013
历史上的今天:2013年2月25日,星期一
On Feb. 25, 1948, Communists seized power in Czechoslovakia.
1948年2月25日,共产党夺取捷克斯洛伐克政权。
1570Pope Pius V excommunicated England's Queen Elizabeth I.
1570年,教皇庇护五世逐出英国女王伊丽莎白一世。
1836Inventor Samuel Colt patented his revolver.
1836年,发明家塞缪尔·柯尔特获得左轮手枪专利。
1870Hiram Revels, a Mississippi Republican, was sworn in as the first black member of the U.S. Senate.
1870年,密西西比州共和党人雷维尔斯宣誓就任美国参议院,成为参议院第一位黑人成员。
1901United States Steel Corp. was incorporated by J.P. Morgan.
1901年,摩根大通组建美国钢铁公司。
1913The 16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, giving Congress the power to levy and collect income taxes, was declared in effect.
1913年,赋予国会征税权利的美国宪法第十六条修正案宣布生效。
1943Beatles guitarist George Harrison was born in Liverpool, England.
1943年,披头士乐队吉他手乔治·哈里森在英格兰利物浦出生。
1950"Your Show of Shows" debuted on NBC.
1950年,电视节目《Your Show of Shows》首次亮相NBC。
1956Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev harshly criticized the late Josef Stalin in a speech before a Communist Party congress in Moscow.
1956年,在莫斯科共产党代表大会前,苏联领导人赫鲁晓夫在一次演讲中严厉批评已故的斯大林。
1964Cassius Clay (who later changed his name to Muhammad Ali) became the world heavyweight boxing champion by defeating Sonny Liston in Miami Beach.
1964年,卡修斯·克莱(后来改名为穆罕默德·阿里)在迈哈密海滩战胜桑尼利斯顿成为世界重量级拳击冠军。
1990Nicaraguans voted in an election that led to victory for opponents of the ruling Sandinistas.
1990年,尼加拉瓜大选致反对者胜利执政。
1991An Iraqi Scud missile hit a U.S. barracks in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, killing 28 Americans during the Persian Gulf War.
1991年,在波斯湾战争中,伊拉克飞毛腿导弹击中美国在沙特阿拉伯达兰的兵营,造成28名美国人遇难。
1999A jury in Jasper, Texas, sentenced white supremacist John William King to death for the dragging death of James Byrd Jr., an African-American man.
1999年,德克萨斯州一陪审团判处白人至上主义者约翰·威廉王死刑,因其对一非裔美国人詹姆斯·伯德拖曳致死。