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Today in History: Monday, December 24, 2012
历史上的今天：2012年12月24日，星期一
On Dec. 24, 1968, the Apollo 8 astronauts, orbiting the moon, read passages from the Old Testament Book of Genesis during a Christmas Eve TV broadcast.
在1968年12月24日，环绕月球轨道的阿波罗8号宇航员，圣诞前夕在电视广播上读旧约圣经中的《创世纪》。
1814 The War of 1812 officially ended as the United States and Britain signed the Treaty of Ghent in Belgium.
1814年，美国和英国在比利时签署根特条约，1812年战争正式结束。
1851 Fire devastated the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., destroying about 35,000 volumes.
1851年，大火摧毁华盛顿国会图书馆，毁坏了约35000卷书。
1865 The Ku Klux Klan was founded as a private social club by several Confederate Army veterans in Pulaski, Tenn.
1865年，在田纳西Pulaski,几个南部邦联军队退伍军人创建Ku Klux Klan，作为一个社交俱乐部。
1871Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Aida" had its world premiere in Cairo, Egypt, to celebrate the opening of the Suez Canal.
1871年，威尔第的歌剧《Aida》在埃及开罗举行全球首映，庆祝苏伊士运河通航。
1906 Canadian physicist Reginald A. Fessenden became the first person to broadcast a music program over radio, from Brant Rock, Mass.
1906年，加拿大物理学家雷金纳德a . Fessenden成为从Brant Rock, Mass通过电台播放音乐程序的第一人。
1920 Enrico Caruso gave his last public performance, at the Metropolitan Opera in New York.
1920年，恩里科·卡鲁索在纽约大都会歌剧院进行了他最后一次公开表演。
1943 President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower supreme commander of Allied forces during World War II.
1943年，二战期间，美国总统富兰克林·罗斯福任命将军德怀特D.艾森豪威尔为盟军最高指挥官。
1992 President George H.W. Bush pardoned former Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger and five others in the Iran-Contra scandal.
1992年，老布什总统赦免了身陷伊朗门丑闻中的前国防部长温伯格和其他五人。
2002 Laci Peterson was reported missing from her Modesto, Calif., home, by her husband, Scott, who was later convicted of murdering her and their unborn son.
2002年，报道称Laci Peterson在她加州莫德斯托的家中失踪，她的丈夫斯科特，后来被判谋杀她和他们未出生的儿子。
2009 The Senate passed health care legislation, 60-39, in the chamber's first Christmas Eve vote since 1895.
2009年，自1895年以来议院的首个圣诞节前夕投票中，参议院以60比39投票票通过了医保立法。
