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Today in History: Tuesday, August 21, 2012
历史上的今天 2012年8月21日
1991 A hard-line coup against Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev collapsed in the face of a popular uprising led by Russian federation President Boris Yeltsin.
1991年,面对由俄罗斯联邦总统叶利钦领导的大范围起义,反对前苏联总统戈尔巴乔夫的强硬政变瓦解。
1831 Nat Turner launched a short-lived, violent slave rebellion in Virginia.
1831年,在弗吉利亚州,Nat Turner发动了一场短暂,暴力的奴隶反抗运动。
1858 The first of seven debates between U.S. Senate candidates Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas took place in Ottawa, Ill.
1858年,在渥太华,美国参议院候选人亚伯拉罕林肯和史蒂芬道格拉斯开始七场辩论赛的第一场。
1878 The American Bar Association was founded in Saratoga, N.Y.
1878年,美国律师协会在纽约萨拉托加成立。
1904 Jazz musician and bandleader William "Count" Basie was born in Red Bank, N.J.
1904年,爵士音乐家和乐队指挥巴锡威廉在新泽西雷德班克出生。
1940, exiled Russian Communist revolutionary Leon Trotsky died in Mexico City from wounds inflicted by an assassin.
1940年,逃亡的俄罗斯共产主义革命者托洛次基·里昂因遭刺客袭击受伤死亡。
1959 President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed an executive order proclaiming Hawaii the 50th state of the union.
1959年,总统艾森豪威尔签署了一项行政命令,宣布夏威夷为美国联邦第50个州。
1983 Philippine opposition leader Benigno S. Aquino Jr., ending a self-imposed exile in the United States, was shot dead moments after stepping off a plane at Manila International Airport.
1983年,菲律宾反对派领导人贝尼尼奥·阿基诺在美国结束了自愿承担的流放生活,在走下马尼拉国际机场后不久被射杀身亡。
1987 Sgt. Clayton Lonetree, the first Marine ever court-martialed for spying, was convicted in Quantico, Va., of passing secrets to the KGB.
1987年,第一位海军士兵Sgt.Clayton Lonetree因泄露克格勃(前苏联的秘密警察)的情报在弗吉尼亚匡蒂科被军事法庭被判有罪。
2002 A jury in San Diego convicted David Westerfield of kidnapping and killing 7-year-old Danielle van Dam. (He was later sentenced to death.)
2002年,圣地亚哥一陪审团宣判David westerfield因绑架和杀害七岁小女孩Danielle Van Dam被判处有罪。
2006 British prosecutors announced that 11 people had been charged in an alleged plot to blow up trans-Atlantic jetliners bound for the United States.
2006年,在一起声称炸毁横跨太平洋前往美国的客机密谋中,英国检察官宣布11人已经被指控。
2009 Leaders of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America voted to lift a ban that prohibited sexually active gays and lesbians from serving as ministers.
2009年,美国福音路德教会的领导人投票解除了性活跃的男女同性恋不能担任部长的禁令。
