(单词翻译:单击)
Today in History: Thursday, October 18, 2012
历史上的今天:2012年10月18日
On Oct. 18, 1962, Dr. James D. Watson of the United States and Dr. Francis Crick and Dr. Maurice Wilkins of Britain were named winners of the Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology for their work in determining the double-helix molecular structure of DNA.
1962年10月18日，美国詹姆斯D·沃森博士、弗朗西斯·克里克博士以及英国博士莫里斯·威尔金斯因确定双螺旋DNA的分子结构获诺贝尔医学和生理学奖。
1685 King Louis XIV of France revoked the Edict of Nantes, which had established the legal toleration the Protestant Huguenots.
1685年，法国国王路易十四废除了南特法令，确立对新教胡格诺派教徒的法律容忍权。
1867 The United States took possession of Alaska from Russia.
1867年，美国从俄罗斯手中夺取阿拉斯加。
1892 The first long distance telephone line between Chicago and New York was opened.
1892年，芝加哥和纽约之间第一个长途电话线接通。
1922 The British Broadcasting Co., Ltd. (later the British Broadcasting Corp. of BBC) was founded.
1922年，英国广播有限公司(后称英国广播公司BBC)成立。
1968 The U.S. Olympic Committee suspended two black athletes, Tommie Smith and John Carlos, for giving a "black power" salute as a protest during a victory ceremony in Mexico City.
1968年，在墨西哥城授奖仪式上，美国奥林匹克委员因黑人运动员米·史密斯和约翰·卡洛斯争取"黑人权利"的抗议行为而暂缓对其发奖。
1972 Congress passed the Clean Water Act, overriding President Richard M. Nixon's veto.
1972年，国会撤销理查德·尼克松的否决，通过《清洁水法案》。
1977 Reggie Jackson of the New York Yankees hit three home runs to lead New York to an 8-4 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers in the deciding Game 6 of the World Series.
1977年，在世界职业棒球大赛决胜局第六场，纽约洋基雷吉杰克逊打出三个本垒打带领纽约以8 - 4战胜洛杉矶道奇队。
1982 Former first lady Bess Truman died in Independence, Mo., at age 97.
1982年，前第一夫人贝丝·杜鲁门死于密苏里州独立镇，享年97岁。
2001 Four defendants were convicted in New York for the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa.
2001年，四名被告因1998年轰炸美国驻非大使馆在纽约宣判。
2007 Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto returned to Pakistan, ending eight years of self-imposed exile.
2007年，前总理贝娜齐·布托返回巴基斯坦结束了八年的自我流放。
