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Today in History: Saturday, December 22, 2012
历史上的今天：2012年12月22日，周六
On Dec. 22, 1989, Romanian President Nicolae Ceausescu, the last of Eastern Europe's hard-line Communist rulers, was toppled from power in a popular uprising.
1989年12月22日，东欧最后的强硬共产主义统治者罗马尼亚总统尼古拉·齐奥塞斯库在大范围起义中被推翻了。
1858 Opera composer Giacomo Puccini was born in Lucca, Italy.
1858年，歌剧作曲家普契尼在意大利卢卡出生。
1864 During the Civil War, Union Gen. William T. Sherman sent a message to President Abraham Lincoln from Georgia, saying, "I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah."
1864年，内战期间，联盟将军威廉T.谢尔曼从格鲁吉亚向亚伯拉罕·林肯总统发送消息，说“请允许我将萨凡纳作为给你的一件圣诞礼物。”
1894 French army officer Alfred Dreyfus was convicted of treason in a court-martial that triggered worldwide charges of anti-Semitism. (He was eventually vindicated.)
1894年，法国军官阿尔弗雷德·德雷福斯在军事法庭被判犯有叛国罪，此举引发了世界范围内反犹太主义的指控。(最终，他被证明是无辜的。)
1912 Lady Bird Johnson, the wife of President Lyndon B. Johnson, was born Claudio Alta Taylor in Karnack, Texas.
1912年，伯德·约翰逊夫人，林登·约翰逊总统的妻子，在德克萨斯州克劳迪奥·阿尔塔出生。
1941 British Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrived in Washington, D.C., for a wartime conference with President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
1941年，英国首相邱吉尔抵达华盛顿特区与富兰克林·罗斯福召开一次战时会议。
1944 During the Battle of the Bulge, Germany demanded the surrender of American troops at Bastogne, Belgium; Brigadier Gen. Anthony C. McAuliffe reportedly replied: "Nuts!"
1944年，在比利时巴斯托涅坦克大决战中，德国要求美军投降在，据说将军安东尼C.麦考利夫回道:“疯了!”
1984 New York City resident Bernhard Goetz shot four black youths on a Manhattan subway, claiming they were about to rob him.
1984年，纽约居民Bernhard Goetz在曼哈顿地铁枪杀了四名黑人年轻人，称这几个黑人打算抢劫他。
1990 Lech Walesa took the oath of office as Poland's first popularly elected president.
1990年，瓦文萨宣誓就任波兰史上第一位民选总统。
2000 Pop singer Madonna married film director Guy Ritchie in Scotland. (The couple divorced in 2008.)
2000年，流行歌手麦当娜在苏格兰与电影导演盖·里奇结婚。(这对夫妇于2008年离婚。)
2001 Richard C. Reid, a passenger on an American Airlines flight from Paris to Miami, tried to ignite explosives in his shoes, but was subdued by flight attendants and fellow passengers.
2001年，从巴黎飞往迈阿密的美国航空航班上，乘客理查德C.里德试图引爆炸药他鞋子上的炸弹，但被空乘人员和其他乘客制服。
2005 Astronomers announced the discovery of two more rings encircling the planet Uranus.
2005年，天文学家宣布发现环绕天王星的两道新环。
2010 President Barack Obama signed a law allowing gays for the first time in history to serve openly in America's military.
2010年，巴拉克·奥巴马总统签署一项法律允许美军公开同性恋，这在美国历史上还是第一次。
