Today in History: Saturday, January 19, 2013
历史上的今天:2013年1月19日,星期六
On Jan. 19, 1966, Indira Gandhi was elected prime minister of India.
1966年1月19日,英迪拉·甘地当选印度总理。
1736 James Watt, inventor of the steam engine, was born in Scotland.
1736年,蒸汽机的发明者詹姆斯瓦特在苏格兰出生。
1807 Robert E. Lee, the commander-in-chief of the Confederate armies, was born in Stratford, Va.
1807年,南方邦联军总司令罗伯特E·李在弗吉尼亚州斯特拉特福德出生。
1809 Author Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston.
1809年,作家埃德加·爱伦·坡在波斯顿出生。
1861 Georgia seceded from the Union.
1861年,乔治亚州脱离联邦政府。
1943 Rock singer Janis Joplin was born in Port Arthur, Texas.
1943年,摇滚歌手詹尼斯·乔普林出生在德克萨斯阿瑟港出生。
1944 The federal government relinquished control of the nation's railroads after settling a wage dispute.
1944年,在一次工资纠纷解决后联邦政府放弃对国家铁路的控制。
1955 A presidential news conference was filmed for TV for the first time, with the permission of President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
1955年,艾森豪威尔总统批准,总统新闻发布会首次拍摄成电视。
1979 Former Attorney General John Mitchell was released on parole after serving 19 months in federal prison for Watergate-related crimes.
1979年,前司法部长约翰·米切尔因水门事件在联邦监狱服刑19个月后被假释。
1981 The United States and Iran signed an agreement paving the way for the release of 52 Americans held hostage for more than 14 months.
1981年,美国和伊朗签署了一项协议,为释放拘留14个多月之久的人质铺平了道路。
2006 An unmanned NASA spacecraft blasted off on a 3 billion-mile journey to Pluto.
2006年,一架美国国家航空航天局无人驾驶宇宙飞船发射升空,开始了30亿英里远的冥王星之旅。
2010 In a major upset, Republican Scott Brown captured the U.S. Senate seat held by liberal champion Edward Kennedy for nearly half a century as he defeated Democrat Martha Coakley in a special election.
2010年,在一次特别选举中,共和党人斯科特·布朗击败民主党人玛莎·科克利夺取了自由斗士爱德华·肯尼迪保持近半个世纪的美国参议员席位。