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Today in History: Wednesday, November 28, 2012
历史上的今天:2012年11月28日,周三
On Nov. 28, 1990, Margaret Thatcher resigned after more than 11 years as prime minister of Britain.
1990年11月28日,担任英国首相11余载的玛格丽特·撒切尔辞职。
1520 Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan reached the Pacific Ocean after passing through the South American strait that now bears his name.
1520年,葡萄牙航海家费迪南·麦哲伦经过南美海峡到达太平洋,现在那里以他的名字命名。
1895 The first automobile race took place, between Chicago and Waukegan, Ill.
1895年,芝加哥和伊里诺斯州展开第一场汽车比赛。
1905 Sinn Fein was founded in Dublin.
1905年,都柏林新芬党成立。
1925 The Grand Ole Opry in Nashville made its debut on radio station WSM.
1925年,纳什维尔“大狂欢”首次在WSM电台亮相。
1942 Fire destroyed the Cocoanut Grove nightclub in Boston, killing nearly 500 people.
1942年,大火摧毁了波士顿椰子格罗夫夜总会,致近500人丧生。
1943 President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Josef Stalin met in Tehran during World War II.
1943年,二战期间,总统弗兰克林D.罗斯福、英国首相温斯顿·丘吉尔和苏联领导人约瑟夫·斯大林在德黑兰会见。
1958 The African nation of Chad became an autonomous republic within the French community.
1958年,非洲国家乍得成为一个法国社区内自治共和国。
1975 President Gerald R. Ford nominated federal Judge John Paul Stevens to the U.S. Supreme Court seat vacated by William O. Douglas.
1975年,杰拉尔德·福特总统提名联邦法官约翰·保罗·史蒂文斯到美国最高法院,接任威廉·道格拉斯空缺的席位。
1995 President Bill Clinton signed a bill that ended the federal 55 mph speed limit.
1995年,比尔·克林顿总统签署了一项法案,结束了联邦55英里每小时的速度限制。
2001 Enron Corp., once the world's largest energy trader, collapsed after would-be rescuer Dynegy Inc. backed out of an $8.4 billion deal to take it over.
2001年,安然公司,曾经世界上最大的能源交易所,在潜在救星戴纳基公司退出了一笔84亿美元交易接管后垮台。
2011 Egyptians voted in the first parliamentary elections since the ouster of Hosni Mubarak; Islamist parties were the big winners.
2011年,自穆巴拉克下台以来,埃及人第一次在议会选举中投票。伊斯兰党派成了大赢家。
