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Today in History: Wednesday, December 05, 2012
历史上的今天：2012年12月5日，周三
On Dec. 5, 1933, national Prohibition came to an end as Utah became the 36th state to ratify the 21st Amendment to the Constitution, repealing the 18th Amendment.
1933年12月5日，犹他州成为美国第36个州，批准宪法第二十一修正并废除第18条修正，全国禁酒令终止。
1776 The first scholastic fraternity in America, Phi Beta Kappa, was organized at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Va.
1776年，美国第一个学术联谊会Phi Beta Kappa组织在弗吉尼亚州威廉和玛丽学院成立。
1782 Martin Van Buren, the eighth U.S. president and the first to be born after the country was formed, was born in Kinderhook, N.Y.
1782年，美国第八任总统及建国后第一个婴儿马丁·范布伦在纽约肯德胡克出生。
1791 Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died in Vienna at age 35.
1791年，35岁的作曲家莫扎特于维也纳去世。
1792 George Washington was re-elected president and John Adams was re-elected vice president.
1792年，乔治·华盛顿再次当选美国总统，约翰·亚当斯再次当选副总统。
1831 Former President John Quincy Adams took his seat as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
1831年，美国前总统约翰·昆西·亚当斯入职美国众议院成员。
1848 President James K. Polk triggered the Gold Rush of '49 by confirming that gold had been discovered in California.
1848年，波尔克总统证实在加州发现了黄金引发淘金热潮。
1901 Movie producer Walt Disney was born in Chicago.
1901年，电影制作人华特迪士尼在芝加哥出生。
1955 The American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merged to form the AFL-CIO.
1955年，美国劳工联合会和产业工会组织国会合并成立AFL-CIO。
1994 Republicans chose Newt Gingrich to be the first GOP speaker of the House in four decades.
1994年，共和党人选择了纽特·金里奇作为共和党众议院四十年里发言人。
1996 Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan questioned whether the stock market was overvalued due to investors' "irrational exuberance."
1996年，联邦储备委员会主席艾伦·格林斯潘质疑股市是否由于投资者的“非理性的高涨”而被高估。
2006 New York became the first city in the nation to ban artery-clogging trans fats at restaurants.
2006年，纽约成为全国第一个禁止餐馆使用引起动脉堵塞的反式脂肪的城市。
2008 A judge in Las Vegas sentenced O.J. Simpson to 33 years in prison for an armed robbery at a hotel room.
2008年，拉斯维加斯的一位法官判处O.J.辛普森33年监禁，因其持枪抢劫一家旅馆房间。
