Today in History: Saturday, January 19, 2013

历史上的今天：2013年1月19日，星期六

On Jan. 19, 1966, Indira Gandhi was elected prime minister of India.

1966年1月19日，英迪拉·甘地当选印度总理l_k(9U6!Zqy9h。

1736 James Watt, inventor of the steam engine, was born in Scotland.

1736年，蒸汽机的发明者詹姆斯瓦特在苏格兰出生oBEbz%LnG1SYOOpSb。

1807 Robert E. Lee, the commander-in-chief of the Confederate armies, was born in Stratford, Va.

1807年，南方邦联军总司令罗伯特E·李在弗吉尼亚州斯特拉特福德出生kM5IVtYZ1H8。

1809 Author Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston.

1809年，作家埃德加·爱伦·坡在波斯顿出生rAs[6+s15+tg5gI。

1861 Georgia seceded from the Union.

1861年，乔治亚州脱离联邦政府Cg5l,r@h1W%。

1943 Rock singer Janis Joplin was born in Port Arthur, Texas.

1943年，摇滚歌手詹尼斯·乔普林出生在德克萨斯阿瑟港出生NMJmZR#XNk。

1944 The federal government relinquished control of the nation's railroads after settling a wage dispute.

1944年，在一次工资纠纷解决后联邦政府放弃对国家铁路的控制_!^EdbLW#cRQ0。

1955 A presidential news conference was filmed for TV for the first time, with the permission of President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

1955年，艾森豪威尔总统批准，总统新闻发布会首次拍摄成电视[zaNo+3+RUbX)。

1979 Former Attorney General John Mitchell was released on parole after serving 19 months in federal prison for Watergate-related crimes.

1979年，前司法部长约翰·米切尔因水门事件在联邦监狱服刑19个月后被假释rl]p[)##L0IA1。

1981 The United States and Iran signed an agreement paving the way for the release of 52 Americans held hostage for more than 14 months.

1981年，美国和伊朗签署了一项协议，为释放拘留14个多月之久的人质铺平了道路rh|U1+~hecW;(l3Pd。

2006 An unmanned NASA spacecraft blasted off on a 3 billion-mile journey to Pluto.

2006年，一架美国国家航空航天局无人驾驶宇宙飞船发射升空，开始了30亿英里远的冥王星之旅((QfLSdF+*Y=rJ8G&oG。

2010 In a major upset, Republican Scott Brown captured the U.S. Senate seat held by liberal champion Edward Kennedy for nearly half a century as he defeated Democrat Martha Coakley in a special election.

2010年，在一次特别选举中，共和党人斯科特·布朗击败民主党人玛莎·科克利夺取了自由斗士爱德华·肯尼迪保持近半个世纪的美国参议员席位-X=||zy-g3。