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Today in History: Tuesday, January 01, 2013
历史上的今天：2013年1月1日，星期二
On Jan. 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring that slaves in rebel states were free.
1863年1月1日，亚伯拉罕·林肯总统签署《奴隶解放宣言》，宣布反叛州奴隶自由。
1808 A law prohibiting the importation of slaves into the United States went into effect.
1808年，一项禁止向美国运输奴隶的法律开始生效。
1892 The Ellis Island Immigrant Station in New York opened.
1892年，利斯岛移民站在纽约开办。
1898 New York City was consolidated into five buroughs.
1898年，纽约市合并成五个行政区。
1901 The Commonwealth of Australia was proclaimed.
1901年，澳大利亚联邦成立。
1919 J.D. Salinger, author of "The Catcher in the Rye," was born in New York City.
1919年，《麦田里的守望者》的作者塞林格在纽约出生。
1953 Country singer Hank Williams Sr., 29, died of a drug and alcohol overdose.
1953年，29岁的乡村女歌手汉克·威廉姆斯死于毒品和酒精过量。
1958 Treaties establishing the European Economic Community went into effect.
1958年，建立欧洲经济共同体的条约生效。
1959 Fidel Castro led Cuban revolutionaries to victory over Fulgencio Batista.
1959年，菲德尔·卡斯特罗领导的古巴革命战胜富尔亨西奥·巴蒂斯塔。
1979 The United States and China established diplomatic relations.
1979年，中美建立外交关系。
1984 AT&T was divested of its 22 Bell System companies under terms of an antitrust agreement.
1984年，根据反垄断协议，美国电话电报公司被剥夺了其旗下的22 Bell System公司。
1990David Dinkins was sworn in as New York City's first African-American mayor.
1990年，戴维·丁金斯宣誓就任纽约市的第一位黑人市长。
1993 Czechoslovakia peacefully split into two new countries, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
1993年，捷克斯洛伐克和平分裂成两个新国家，捷克共和国和斯洛伐克。
1994 The North American Free Trade Agreement went into effect.
1994年，北美自由贸易协定生效。
1999 The euro became the official currency of 11 European countries.
1999年，欧元成为了11个欧洲国家的官方货币。
2013 Oprah Winfrey launched the OWN cable TV network.
2013年，奥普拉·温弗瑞推出了自己的有线电视网络。
