(单词翻译:单击)
May 10th, 1869. At Promontory, Utah, a golden spike is driven into the ground, completing the first transcontinental railroad in the United States.
1869年5月10日,在美国犹他州普罗蒙特里,金色道钉伫立于地面,美国第一架横贯大陆铁路竣工 。
1933. Months after taking power in Germany, the Nazis stage massive public burnings of books considered to have "un-German" ideas.
1933年,占领德国数月后,纳粹开始大规模焚毁公共图书,这些书籍被认为含有“非德国”思想 。
1941. During World War Two, Rudolf Hess, Adolf Hitler's deputy in Nazi Germany, parachutes into Scotland.
1941年,二战期间,阿道夫·希特勒副元首鲁道夫·赫斯乘降落伞降落苏格兰 。
Hess claims he's on a peace mission. But he's treated as a prisoner of war and spends the rest of his life behind bars.
赫斯宣称他带着和平任务来此,但是他被当做战争囚犯,余生都在监狱度过 。
1994. Nelson Mandela takes the oath of office to become South Africa's first black president after the end of apartheid.
1994年,纳尔逊·曼德拉宣誓就职,成为种族隔离制度废除后南非的第一任黑人总统 。
Also that same year: In Illinois, serial killer John Wayne Gacy is executed by lethal injection for murdering 33 young men and boys during the 1970s.
同年,在伊利诺斯州,连环杀手约翰·韦恩·盖西被执行注射死刑,在1970年代,他共杀死33名年轻男性和男孩 。
And 1960. Rock musician Bono, frontman of the group U-2 and an anti-poverty activist, is born in Dublin, Ireland.
1960年,U-2组合主唱、反贫困活跃分子兼摇滚音乐家,博诺在爱尔兰都柏林出生 。
Today in History, May 10th, Sandy Kozel, the Associated Press.
以上是5月10日《历史上的今天》,美联社桑迪·科泽尔为您播报 。