(单词翻译:单击)
February 11th 1990, Nelson Mandela is freed in South Africa after the black activist spends 27 years in captivity under the country's apartheid rule.
1990年2月11日在南非,尼尔森·曼德拉被释放,因种族隔离制度,曼德勒遭到27年监禁 。
I stand here before you not as a prophet, but as a humble servant of you, the people.
站在你们面前的不是预言家,而是谦卑的仆人,是人民的奴仆 。
Four years later, Mandela is elected South Africa's president in its first multi-racial elections after apartheid is abolished.
四年后曼德拉当选南非总统,种族隔离制度废除以后,南非首次施行种族多元化选举 。
1945, during the final month of World War II, the top Allied leaders sign the Yalta Accords in Ukraine,
1945年,也就是二战的最后一个月,盟军领导人在乌克兰签署了雅尔塔协定,
then part of the Soviet Union. The accords play a part in the split between Washington and Moscow as the two superpowers later enter the Cold War.
当时的乌克兰之后成为了苏联的一部分,该协定成为了美苏两国分裂的因素之一,两大超级大国随后进入冷战时期 。
1979, in Iran, followers of Ayatollah Khomeini seize power, establishing an Islamic fundamentalist regime.
1979年在伊朗,鲁霍拉·霍梅尼追随者夺取政权,建立了伊斯兰原教旨主义国家 。
Months later, dozens of Americans at the U.S. Embassy in Iran's capital Tehran are taken hostage and held captive for 444 days.
几个月后,多名美驻首都德黑兰大使工作人员被绑架,关押时间长达444天 。
And 1847, inventor Thomas Edison is born in Milan, Ohio.
1847年,发明家托马斯·爱迪生出生在俄亥俄州米兰 。
Among his many inventions, the electric light bulb, a phonograph and a motion picture camera.
他的发明包括电灯泡、留声机以及电影摄影机 。
Today in History, February 11th, Carlotta Bradley, the Associated Press.
以上是2月11日《历史上的今天》,美联社卡罗塔·布拉德利为您播报 。