July 8th, 1853. In Asia, an American expedition led by Commodore Matthew Perry arrives in what's now Tokyo Bay, Japan.
1853年7月8日，由海军准将马休·佩里带领的一只美国探险队抵达如今的日本东京湾p+.Bo#O[1!M@UT。
It's the first step of a US mission that establishes diplomatic and trade relations with Japan, isolated from the West for more than 2 centuries.
这是美国建立与日本外交和贸易联系任务的第一步，此时的日本已与西方隔绝了两个多世纪VO^ydq6H|B&UHEY=%S=l。
1839. John D. Rockefeller, founder of Standard Oil which dominated the oil industry into the early 20th century, is born in Richford, New York.
1839年，标准石油公司创始人，掌控这家石油公司直至20世纪初期的约翰·洛克菲勒在纽约里奇福德出生Z)*ZRzHr0F4YrB]RGzN,。
1947. In New Mexico, word of what becomes known as the Roswell Incident, a touchstone for UFO buffs.
1947年，在新墨西哥州，罗斯威尔事件一词是UFO爱好者的试金石oG~4CKVx^RdV。
A local US military office says pieces of what it calls a crashed disk have been recovered near the city of Roswell.
当地一名美国军官称在罗斯威尔附近找到了坠毁盘状物的碎片+s-BU4|Y!nfT=W0。

But the military later says the material found on a ranch is really a top-secret weather balloon, not a crashed alien spacecraft.
但随后军方称在一家大农场里发现的材料其实是一个机密气象气球，而非坠毁的飞船Vv*hc[TXM8JjlkYe。
1994. Kim Il-sung, North Korea's Communist leader who launched the Korean War dies at age 82. His son, Kim Jong Il, succeeds him in power.
1994年，发动朝鲜战争的朝鲜共产主义领袖金日成去世，年82岁SPnWM3E[he&-nvQT。他的儿子金正日接替他执政(^0HIVP8=[sT。
1986. Kurt Waldheim is sworn in as Austria's president, despite controversy over his alleged ties to Nazi war crimes during WWII.
1986年，库尔特·瓦尔德海姆宣示就任奥地利总统，虽然对他在二战期间与纳粹战争罪行的联系颇有争议=sUj6nlJeD。
And 1907. In New York City, Broadway showman Florenz Ziegfeld stages his first follies on the roof of the New York Theater.
1907年，在纽约，百老汇表演者弗洛伦茨·齐格菲尔德在纽约剧院的顶层推出了他的时事讽刺剧1y2v5VO_GYA6z7dv|G。
Today in history, July 8th. Camille Bohannon, the Associated Press.
以上是7月8日《历史上的今天》，美联社卡米尔·博汉农为您播报2CyWVD.;4d。