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Today in History: Wednesday, August 08, 2012
历史上的今天：2012年8月8日
On Aug. 8, 1974, President Richard M. Nixon announced he would resignfollowing damaging revelations in the Watergate scandal.
1974年8月8日，因水门事件丑闻影响，理查德·尼克松总统宣布他将辞职。
1815 Napoleon Bonaparte set sail for St. Helena, in the South Atlantic, to spend the remainder of his days in exile.
1815年，拿破仑·波拿巴起航前往南太平洋圣赫勒拿岛，在那里度过自己流亡的剩余日子。
1844 Brigham Young was chosen to lead the Mormons following the killing of Joseph Smith.
1844年，杨百翰被选中领导摩门教徒杀害约瑟夫·史密斯。
1876 Thomas A. Edison received a patent for the mimeograph.
1876年，托马斯爱迪生获得油印机专利。
1945 President Harry S. Truman signed the United Nations Charter.
1945年，杜鲁门总统签署了《联合国宪章》。
1945 The Soviet Union declared war against Japan during World WarII.
1945年，苏联在第二次世界大战中对日宣战。
1963 Britain's "Great Train Robbery" took place as thieves made off with 2.6 million pounds in banknotes from a train they stopped north of London.
1963年，英国发生“火车大劫案”，小偷携带260万英镑的钞票从伦敦北部一辆他们阻止的火车上匆匆逃离。
1968 Richard M. Nixon was nominated for president at the Republican National Convention in Miami Beach and chose Maryland Gov. Spiro T.Agnew to be his running mate.
1968年，在迈哈密海滩共和党全国代表大会上理查德·尼克松被提名总统，并选出斯皮罗·阿格纽作为他的竞选伙伴。
1988 U.N. Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar announced a cease-fire between Iran and Iraq.
1988年联合国秘书长佩雷斯·德奎利亚尔宣布伊朗和伊拉克停火协议。
2005 Iran resumed work at a uranium conversion facility after suspending activities for nine months to avoid U.N. Sanctions.
2005年，在避免联合国制裁搁置活动9个月后，伊朗重新开启铀转化工厂。
2006 Sen. Joseph Lieberman lost the Connecticut Democratic primary to political newcomer Ned Lamont.
2006年，参议员约瑟夫•利伯曼在康涅狄格州民主党初选中不敌政治新人奈德•拉蒙特。
2008 The Summer Olympic Games opened in Beijing.
2008年，北京举办夏季奥运会。
2008 Former Democratic vice-presidential nominee John Edwards admitted having had an extramarital affair.
2008年，前民主党副总统候选人约翰·爱德华兹承认发生婚外情。
2009 Sonia Sotomayor was sworn in as the U.S. Supreme Court's first Hispanic and third female justice.
2009年，索尼亚·索托马约尔宣誓就职美国最高法院大法官，这是该法院的第一位拉丁裔和第三位女性大法官。
