(单词翻译:单击)
October 10th, 1973. Vice President Spiro Agnew, accused of taking bribes, pleads no contest to federal income tax evasion.
1973年10月10日，被指控受贿的副总统斯皮罗·阿格纽对逃避联邦所得税的行为不作辩解。
Agnew then becomes only the second vice president in US history to resign.
阿格纽随后成为美国历史上第二位辞职的副总统。
"Because I believe we will be against the national interest, have a brutalizing effect on my family
“因为我相信我们将违背国家利益，这件事对我的家庭产生了残酷的影响，
to go through a long two years' struggle concerning this matter."
我们为此进行了长达两年的斗争。”
President Richard Nixon appoints and Congress confirms Gerald Ford as Vice President.
理查德·尼克松总统任命，国会确认杰拉尔德·福特为副总统。
Ford becomes President when the Watergate Scandal forced Nixon to resign the following year.
第二年，水门丑闻迫使尼克松辞职，福特就任总统。
1911. End of imperial rule in China, as revolutionaries under Sun Yat-sen overthrow the country's Manchu Dynasty.
1911年，孙中山领导的革命者推翻了满清王朝，结束了中国的帝王统治。
1985. US fighter jets force an Egyptian plane carrying the Achille Lauro hijackers to land in Italy.
1985年，美国喷气式战斗机迫使载有阿基莱·劳伦号劫持者的埃及飞机降落意大利。
That's where the gunmen who seized the cruise ship on the Mediterranean are taken into custody.
在地中海劫持客轮的持枪者正是在这里被逮捕。
Also in 1985. Orson Welles, the actor, director, and producer
同样是在1985年，演员、导员兼制片人奥逊·威尔斯
whose works include the movie masterpiece Citizen Kane, dies in Los Angeles. He was 70.
在洛杉矶去世，他的作品包括经典之作—《公民凯恩》。年70岁。
1813. Giuseppe Verdi, considered one of the greatest opera composers of all time, is born in Italy.
1813年，朱塞佩·威尔第在意大利出生，他被认为是有史以来最伟大的歌剧作曲家之一。
And 2004. Actor Christopher Reeve, who plays Superman in the movies, dies in Mount Kisco, New York at age 52.
2004年，电影《超人》的扮演者，演员克里斯托弗·里夫在纽约斯科山去世，年52岁。
Reeve spends the last years of his life in a wheelchair, after he was paralyzed in a horse riding accident.
在一次骑马事故中瘫痪后，里夫在轮椅上度过了后半生。
Today in History, October 10th, Tim Maguire, the Associated Press.
以上是10月10日《历史上的今天》，美联社蒂姆·马奎尔为您播报。
