In his annual message to Congress, U.S. President James K. Polk confirmed the discovery of gold in California, helping to spark the Gold Rush, which brought an estimated 300,000 people to the territory.
South African nationalist and statesman Nelson Mandela, who helped end the country's apartheid system of racial segregation and ushered in a peaceful transition to majority rule, died at age 95.
2017
俄罗斯被禁参加2018奥运会
国际奥委会在发现俄罗斯国家赞助的兴奋剂计划后,禁止俄罗斯参加2018年在韩国平江举行的冬季奥运会。
The International Olympic Committee banned Russia from the 2018 Winter Games in P'y?ngch'ang, South Korea, after uncovering a Russian state-sponsored doping program.