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Today in History: Wednesday, February 20, 2013
历史上的今天：2013年2月20日，星期三
On Feb. 20, 1962, astronaut John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth, flying aboard the Friendship 7 Mercury capsule.
1962年2月20日，美国宇航员约翰·格伦搭乘友谊7号水星太空舱，成为第一位环绕地球飞行的美国人。
1792 President George Washington signed an act creating the U.S. Post Office.
1792年，乔治·华盛顿总统签署了一项创建美国邮局的法案。
1809 The Supreme Court ruled that the power of the federal government is greater than that of any individual state.
1809年，最高法院裁定联邦政府的权利高于任何独立州。
1839 Congress prohibited dueling in the District of Columbia.
1839年，国会禁止在哥伦比亚区决斗。
1862 William Wallace Lincoln, the 11-year-old son of President Abraham Lincoln and first lady Mary Todd Lincoln, died at the White House, apparently of typhoid fever.
1862年，总统亚伯拉罕·林肯11岁的儿子威廉·华莱士·林肯和第一夫人玛丽·托德·林肯在白宫死于伤寒。
1895 Abolitionist Frederick Douglass died.
1895年，废奴主义者弗雷德里克·道格拉斯去世。
1938 British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden resigned in protest over Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain's decision to negotiate with Italian dictator Benito Mussolini.
1938年，英国外交大臣艾登辞职抗议张伯伦首相与意大利独裁者墨索里尼谈判的决定。
1944 During World War II, U.S. bombers began raiding German aircraft manufacturing centers in a series of attacks that became known as "Big Week."
1944年，二战期间，美国轰炸机开始对德国飞机制造中心进行一系列袭击，历史得名“大周”。
1965 The Ranger 8 spacecraft crashed on the moon after sending back thousands of pictures of the lunar surface.
1965年，“突击8号”飞船在月球上发回数千张月球表面照片后坠毁。
1998 American Tara Lipinski became at age 15 the youngest gold medalist in Winter Olympics history when she won the ladies' figure skating title at Nagano, Japan.
1998年，在日本长野，15岁的美国运动员获得女子花样滑冰冠军，成为美国史上冬季奥运会上最年轻的金牌获得者。
2003 Fire broke out during a rock concert at a nightclub in West Warwick, R.I., killing 100 people and injuring about 200 others.
2003年，在西沃里克罗一夜总会举办的摇滚音乐会上发生火灾，100人丧生，约200人受伤
