Jan 4th, 2006. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon suffers a significant stroke and lapses into a coma.
2006年1月4日,以色列总理阿里埃勒·沙龙严重中风并陷入昏迷。
It happens just months after Sharon ends Israeli's 38-year occupation of the Gaza Strip and both his own hard-line Likud party.
就在几个月前,沙龙刚刚结束了以色列对加沙地带38年的占领,以及他自己的强硬派利库德集团。
Sharon's official powers are transferred to his deputy Ehud Olmert, who later succeeds him as Prime Minister.
沙龙的官方权力移交给他的副手奥尔默特,埃胡德·奥尔默特后来接替沙龙担任以色列总理。
1809. Louis Braille, the inventor of a reading system for the blind which bears his name to this day, is born in the town near Paris.
1809年,盲人阅读系统的发明者路易斯·布莱叶在巴黎附近的一个小镇出生。该阅读系统以他的名字命名。
1999. "The one thing you'll get from Governor Jesse Ventura, you may not always wanna hear it. But you will get honesty."
1999年,“大家能从杰西·温图拉州长那里得到的唯一一个东西,大家或许并不总是想听到它,但你们会得到诚实。”
Former pro wrestler Jesse, "The Body" Ventura vows to be a straight talker after he is sworn in as the governor of Minnesota.
前职业摔跤选手杰西·温图拉宣誓就任明尼苏达州州长后,发誓要成为直言不讳的人。
And 1965. Poet, T.S. Eliot whose work inspired and supplied most of the worlds for the musical "Cats" years later, dies in London at age 76.
1965年,诗人T·S·艾略特在伦敦去世,年76岁。多年后,他的作品为音乐剧《猫》提供灵感,并在世界各地上演。
Today in History, January 4nd, Sophia Manos, the Associated Press.
以上是1月4日《历史上的今天》,美联社索菲娅·马诺斯为您播报。