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Today in History: Sunday, December 16, 2012
历史上的今天：2012年12月16日，星期天
On Dec. 16, 1770, composer Ludwig van Beethoven was born in Bonn, Germany.
1770年12月16日，作曲家贝多芬在德国波恩出生。
1653 Oliver Cromwell became lord protector of England, Scotland and Ireland.
1653年，奥利弗·克伦威尔成为英格兰、苏格兰和爱尔兰的摄政者。
1773 The Boston Tea Party took place as American colonists boarded a British ship and dumped more than 300 chests of tea overboard to protest tea taxes.
1773年，美国殖民者登上一艘英国船舰将300多箱茶叶倾倒出船抗议征收茶税，波士顿倾茶事件发生。
1809 Napoleon Bonaparte was divorced from the Empress Josephine by an act of the French Senate.
1809年，拿破仑·波拿巴因法国参议院法案脱离女皇约瑟芬。
1811 The first of the powerful New Madrid earthquakes, with an estimated magnitude of 7.7, struck the central Mississippi Valley.
1811年，新马德里最大地震袭击了中央密西西比山谷，震级估计为7.7级。
1916 Gregory Rasputin, the monk who had wielded powerful influence over the Russian court, was murdered by a group of noblemen.
1916年，向俄罗斯法院施加巨大影响力的僧侣Gregory Rasputin被一群贵族谋杀。
1917 Science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke was born in Minehead, England.
1917年，科幻作家 Arthur C. Clarke在英格兰出生。
1944 The Battle of the Bulge during World War II began as German forces launched a surprise counterattack against Allied forces in Belgium.
1944年，二战期间德军在比利时突然反击盟军，坦克大战开始。
1985 Reputed organized-crime chief Paul Castellano was shot to death outside a New York City restaurant.
1985年，著名犯罪集团首领Paul Castellano在纽约餐馆外遇刺身亡。
1990 Jean-Bertrand Aristide was elected president of Haiti in the country's first democratic elections.
1990年，海地第一次民主选举中Jean-Bertrand Aristide当选总统。
1991 The U.N. General Assembly rescinded its 1975 resolution equating Zionism with racism.
1991年，联合国大会决议将撤销将犹太复国主义列为种族歧视的1975决议。
1998 President Bill Clinton ordered a sustained series of airstrikes against Iraq by American and British forces in response to Saddam Hussein's continued defiance of U.N. weapons inspectors.
1998年，比尔·克林顿总统下令由美国和英国军队对伊拉克持续系列空袭，以回应萨达姆·侯赛因继续无视联合国武器核查人员。
2000 President-elect George W. Bush selected Colin Powell to become the first African-American secretary of state.
2000年，当选的美国总统乔治W布什选定科林·鲍威尔成为第一位非裔美国国务卿。
2009 Iran test-fired a missile capable of hitting Israel and parts of Europe.
2009年，伊朗试射了一枚能打到以色列和欧洲部分地区的导弹。
2010 Larry King concluded his CNN talk show after 25 years.
2010年，Larry King结束了25年的CNN脱口秀生涯。
