Today in History: Thursday, January 03, 2013

历史上的今天：2013年1月3日，周四

On Jan. 3, 1959, Alaska became the 49th state.

1959年1月3日，阿拉斯加成为联邦第49州QQa_ml1vC^UTJ2#b。

1521 Martin Luther was excommunicated from the Roman Catholic Church.

1521年，马丁·路德被罗马天主教教会驱逐8Sg3+Qqefm。

1777 Gen. George Washington's army routed the British in the Battle of Princeton, N.J.

1777年，乔治·华盛顿将军率领的军队在美国新泽西州普林斯顿战争中击溃了英国军队8leID7eqRCY,_rpvz。

1868 The Meiji Restoration re-established the authority of Japan's emperor and heralded the fall of the military rulers known as shoguns.

1868年，明治维新重建日本天皇权威，预示着德川幕府军事统治的衰亡A3-Suu.%,4。

1892 J.R.R. Tolkien, author of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, was born in Bloemfontein, South Africa.

1892年，《指环王》三部曲的作者J.R.R. Tolkien在南非布隆方丹出生J^7o#.et3RA=。

1938 The March of Dimes campaign to fight polio was organized.

1938年，组织了抵抗小儿麻痹症运动The March of Dimes3usKNQ.7kF#7gkDhNN+。

1961 The United States severed diplomatic relations with Cuba.

1961年，美国同古巴断绝外交关系mFDI~dG6a!*。

1990 Ousted Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega surrendered to U.S. forces, 10 days after taking refuge in the Vatican's diplomatic mission in Panama City.

1990年，被赶下台的巴拿马领袖Manuel Noriega将军躲在巴拿马城梵蒂冈使馆十天后向美军投降M~FPz9IwrF8lL)Q=l。

2000 The last new daily "Peanuts" comic strip by Charles Schulz ran in 2,600 newspapers.

2000年，查尔斯·舒尔茨的连环画《花生漫画》在2600家报纸上刊登I(%M[3cXMH([=ol*DBqA。

2004 NASA's Mars rover, Spirit, touched down on the red planet.

2004年，美国宇航局火星探测器"精神"降落在火星上U=FR|KoE9[G=。

2006 Lobbyist Jack Abramoff pleaded guilty to conspiracy, mail fraud and tax evasion and agreed to cooperate in investigations of corruption in Congress.

2006年，游说者杰克·阿布拉莫夫承认犯有阴谋、邮件欺诈和逃税并同意配合国会调查腐败m5Q62MPHWsZH5)%X。

2009 After seven days of pummeling the Gaza Strip from the air, Israel launched a ground offensive.

2009年，在空袭加沙地带七天后，以色列发动地面攻击vl_FEWT(Q29Itt。