December 29th 1916. Noblemen in Russia murder Grigori Rasputin, a monk with powerful influence over the country's royal family.
1916年12月29日，俄罗斯贵族谋杀了格里高利·拉斯普京，一个对该国王室有着强大影响力的僧侣aA|lKo%T^]yl|s1jng[。
But Rasputin proves hard to kill. First, he's poisoned, then shot twice before he finally dies from drowning after being thrown into an icy river.
事实证明，谋杀拉斯普京并不容易Sm94l@eeduh)。他先被下了毒，然后中了两枪，最后被扔进冰冷的河里淹死(I2YN6TT8sx0。
The Russian Revolution topples the monarchy the following year.
第二年，俄国革命推翻了君主制&r,3,anO2Y79#0utJ。
1890. In South Dakota, the Wounded Knee massacre takes place as some three hundreds Sioux Indians are killed by US troops sent to disarm them.
1890年，在南达科他州，约300名苏族印第安人被派遣去解除他们武装的美军杀害，伤膝河大屠杀爆发XmkbNx-Fcia8JJG#X。
1845. Texas, a former Mexican territory turning an independent republic, joins the United States as the 28th state.
1845年，前墨西哥领土德克萨斯变成独立共和国，它加入美国领土，成为其第28个州-(p2.G^3t+|m_。

The dispute between the US and Mexico over Texas, leads to war the following year.
美国和墨西哥因德克萨斯问题产生争端，导致第二年爆发战争!b]z2EpS=zJ。
1989. In what's then known as Czechoslovakia, a sign that The Iron Curtain of the cold war is crumbling in Eastern Europe.
1989年，在当时的捷克斯洛伐克，东欧冷战铁幕瓦解的迹象dQOj_0#A=8。
Dissident playwright Vaclav Havel is elected as his country's president, the first non-communist to attain that post in more than four decades.
持不同政见的剧作家瓦茨拉夫·哈维尔被选为总统，他是四十多年来，首位获得该职位的非共产主义者s*#A7V2^T=0^9Jp。
And 1851. The first American Young Men's Christian Association, the YMCA, is organized in Boston.
1851年，美国第一个青年基督教协会YMCA在波士顿成立L331KO0UfhR。
Today in history, December 29th, Ed Donahue, The Associated Press.
以上是12月29日《历史上的今天》，美联社埃德·多纳休为您播报oe8)0~~dDdb_。