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Today in History: Tuesday, October 16, 2012
历史上的今天:2012年10月16日
On Oct. 16, 1859 Abolitionist John Brown, hoping to start an anti-slavery rebellion, led a raid on a federal armory at Harpers Ferry in present-day West Virginia.
1859年10月16日,希望发动反奴叛乱的废奴主义者约翰·布朗在今天的西弗吉尼亚哈珀斯镇向联邦政府军械库发动袭击 。
1793 Marie Antoinette was beheaded during the French Revolution.
1793年,玛丽·安托瓦内特在法国大革命期间被斩首 。
1888 Playwright Eugene O'Neill was born in New York City.
1888年,剧作家尤金·奥尼尔在纽约市出生 。
1962, the Cuban missile crisis began as President John F. Kennedy was informed that reconnaissance photographs had revealed the presence of missile bases in Cuba.
1962年,约翰·肯尼迪总统得知侦察相片中已经显示古巴有导弹基地,古巴导弹危机爆发 。
1964 China detonated its first atomic bomb.
1964年,中国第一颗原子弹爆炸 。
1969 The New York Mets, a previously hapless expansion team, won the World Series 4 games to 1 over American League powerhouse the Baltimore Orioles.
1969年,纽约大都会队--一支之前不幸扩张的团队--以4-1战胜美国联赛强手巴尔摩金莺队赢得了世界系列赛冠军 。
1970 Anwar Sadat was elected president of Egypt, succeeding the late Gamal Abdel Nasser.
1970年,安瓦尔·萨达特接任已故加麦尔·阿卜杜勒·纳赛尔当选埃及总统 。
1973 Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho, who negotiated a cease-fire in the Vietnam War, were named winners of the Nobel Peace Prize; Tho declined the award.
1973年,通过谈判停止越南战争的亨利·基辛格和黎德寿被提名诺贝尔和平奖 。Tho谢绝了该奖项 。
1978 Polish Cardinal Karol Wojtyla was elected pope by the Roman Catholic Church's College of Cardinals; he took the name John Paul II.
1978年,波兰枢机主教卡罗尔蒂瓦由罗马天主教会的枢机主教团选为教皇,取名约翰·保罗二世 。
1984 Anglican Bishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa was named winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.
1984年,南非英国主教Desmond Tutu提名诺贝尔和平奖 。
1987 Rescuers freed Jessica McClure, an 18-month-old girl who had been trapped in an abandoned well for 58 hours in Midland, Texas.
1987年,救援人员释放杰西卡·麦克卢尔,在得克萨斯州米德兰,18个月大的女孩杰西卡·麦克卢尔在废弃的井下被困58小时候被营救人员救出 。
1995 A vast throng of black men gathered in Washington for the "Million Man March" led by Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan.
1995年,一大群黑人在伊斯兰教领袖路易斯·法拉汗的带领下聚集在华盛顿参加“百万男人游行示威” 。
2002 President George W. Bush signed a congressional resolution authorizing war against Iraq.
2002年,布什总统签署国会决议授权战争对抗伊拉克 。
2011 The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial was formally dedicated in Washington, D.C.
2011年,马丁路德金纪念馆在华盛顿正式落成 。
