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Today in History: Tuesday, December 11, 2012
历史上的今天：2012年12月11日，周二
On Dec. 11, 1961, A U.S. aircraft carrier carrying Army helicopters arrived in Saigon - the first direct American military support for South Vietnam's battle against Communist guerrillas.
1961年12月11日，美国航母携带军队直升机抵达西贡——这是帮助南越对抗共产主义游击队战争的第一次直接军事支持。
1816Indiana became the 19th state.
1816年，印第安纳成为美国第19个州。
1936Britain's King Edward VIII abdicated the throne in order to marry American divorcee Wallis Warfield Simpson.
1936年，英国国王爱德华八世为了迎娶美国离婚者辛普森而退位。
1941Germany and Italy declared war on the United States, which responded in kind.
1941年，德国和意大利对美国宣战，美国以同样的方式回敬。
1946UNICEF (the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund) was established.
1946年，联合国儿童基金会(联合国国际儿童应急基金)成立。
1972Man landed on the moon for the last time during the Apollo 17 mission.
1972年，阿波罗执行第17号任务，这是人类最后一次登陆月球。
1981The U.N. Security Council chose Javier Perez de Cuellar of Peru to be its fifth secretary-general.
1981年，联合国安理会选择秘鲁的哈维尔·佩雷斯·德奎利亚尔担任第五任联合国秘书长。
1994Russian troops rolled into breakaway republic of Chechnya in a failed bid to restore Moscow's control over the region.
1994年，俄罗斯军队大批进入分裂的车臣共和国，但未能恢复莫斯科在该地区的控制。
1997More than 150 countries agreed at a global warming conference in Kyoto, Japan, to take steps to control greenhouse gas emissions.
1997年， 150多个国家同意在日本京都,召开全球变暖会议，采取措施控制温室气体的排放。
1998The House Judiciary Committee approved three articles of impeachment against President Bill Clinton.
1998年，众议院司法委员会批准了反对比尔·克林顿的三个弹劾条款。
2000Shortstop Alex Rodriguez agreed to a $252 million 10-year deal with the Texas Rangers, the most lucrative sports contract in history at the time.
2000年，游击手亚历克斯·罗德里格斯同意一项以2.52亿美元与德州游骑兵队签署10年期协议，这是当时史上最昂贵的体育合同。
2002A congressional report found that intelligence agencies before Sept. 11, 2001, were poorly organized, poorly equipped and slow to pursue clues that might have prevented that day's terrorist attacks.
2002年，国会一份报告发现在2001年9月11日前情报机构组织缺乏，装备薄弱并且追踪线索进程缓慢，本可能阻止这一天的恐怖袭击。
2008Bernard Madoff was arrested, accused of running a multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme. (He later pleaded guilty and is serving 150 years in prison.)
2008年，伯纳德·马多夫因运营一个价值数十亿美元的庞氏骗局被捕。(他后来认罪，被判150年监禁。)
2009Tiger Woods announced on his website that he was taking an indefinite leave from golf to try to save his marriage to Elin Nordegren. (The couple divorced in August 2010.)
2009年，老虎伍兹在其网站上公布，他将永远告别离开高尔夫试图挽救他和艾琳的婚姻。(这对夫妇在2010年8月离婚。)
