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。
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。他先被下了毒,然后中了两枪,最后被扔进冰冷的河里淹死。
The Russian Revolution topples the monarchy the following year.
第二年,俄国革命推翻了君主制。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
Today in history, December 29th, Ed Donahue, The Associated Press.
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