(单词翻译:单击)
August 9th, 1945. The United States drops a second atomic bomb on Japan during WWII.
1945年8月9日,二战期间,美国向日本投下第二枚原子弹 。
This time, the target is the city of Nagasaki, where the nuclear blast kills an estimated 74-thousand people.
这一次的目标是长崎市,原子弹爆炸导致约74000人死亡 。
President Harry Truman: "If Japan does not surrender, bombs will have to be dropped on her war industries and, unfortunately,
哈里·杜鲁门总统:“如果日本不投降,炸弹将会投向她的军工区,不幸的是,
thousands of civilian lives will be lost."
数千市民将丧命 。”
Just days later, Japan surrenders to America and its Allies, bringing WWII to an end.
近几天后,日本向美国及同盟国投降,二战结束 。
1974. In Washington, Richard Nixon becomes the first American President to resign, driven from office over the Watergate scandal.
1974年,在华盛顿,理查德·尼克松总统成为美国首个辞职总统,他因水门丑闻而被迫辞职 。
Vice President Gerald Ford is sworn in as Nixon's successor.
副总统杰拉尔德·福特宣誓就任总统 。
"Our long national nightmare is over. Our Constitution works. Our great Republic is a Government of laws and not of men. "
“我们国家漫长的噩梦结束了 。我们的宪法起到了作用 。我们伟大的共和国是法制的政府而是人为操控的 。”
A month later, Ford grants Nixon an unconditional pardon for any offenses that he committed during his time in the White House.
一个月后,福特无条件赦免了尼克松在白宫执政期间犯下的任何罪责 。
1969. Movie actress Sharon Tate and four others are found brutally murdered in her Los Angeles home.
1969年,电影明星莎朗·塔特及其他四人被发现在位于她洛杉矶的家中惨遭杀害 。
Cult leader Charles Manson and a group of his followers are later convicted of the crime.
之后异教领袖查尔斯·曼森和他的一群追随者被判有罪 。
1854. Henry David Thoreau publishes the literary classic, "Walden".
1854年,亨利·戴维·梭罗出版了文学经典《瓦尔登湖》 。
The work describes Thoreau's experiences while living near Walden Pond in Massachusetts.
该作品描述了梭罗在马萨诸塞州瓦尔登湖附近的生活经历 。
1964. Singer and actress Whitney Houston is born in Newark, New Jersey.
1964年,歌手、演员惠特妮·休斯顿在新泽西州纽瓦克市出生 。
And 1995. Musician Jerry Garcia of the rock band The Grateful Dead dies of a heart attack in Forest Knolls, California. He was 53.
1995年,死之华摇滚乐队的主唱杰里·加西亚因心脏病发作在加州Forest Knolls去世,年53岁 。
Today in History, August 9th, Camille Bohannon, the Associated Press.
以上是8月9日《历史上的今天》,美联社卡米尔·博汉农为您播报 。