August 13th 1961. The Cold War division of Berlin deepens, leading to an iconic symbol of the conflict.
1961年8月13日，冷战期间柏林分裂深化，造成该场冲突的标志性象征O8KQX3x3Q)%el)!X6。
East Germany seals the border between the city's west and east to halt the flight of refugees.
东德封锁了城市东西之间的边界，阻止了大批难民的涌入9Jc(^xZ4lw。
Days later, construction begins on the Berlin Wall, meant to serve as a permanent barrier.
几天后，开始建造柏林墙，作为一个永久屏障u7qCR;fTuiqk4EF_m。
The wall falls nearly 3 decades later as Communism crumbles across Eastern Europe.
近30年后，共产主义粉碎东欧，该墙倒塌;nrHzft&=w9s。
1926. Cuba's Fidel Castro is born on this day although some sources say he was born a year later.
1926年，古巴的菲德尔·卡斯特罗在这一天出生，虽然有消息称他是在一年后出生DyA=7xbZ!t6。

Castro established the first Communist state in the Western Hemisphere, challenging the United States during the Cold War and beyond.
卡斯特罗在西半球建立了第一个共产主义国家，在冷战及后期挑战了美国权威wJHp&~ma9%。
1521. Spain makes a major conquest in North America.
1521年，西班牙在北美取得大胜ndwjKFLT,10-7H6&。
Hernando Cortez captures present-day Mexico City from Aztec Indians. Spanish rule in Mexico lasts for the next 3 centuries.
埃尔南·科尔特斯从阿兹特克印第安人手上抢夺了现在的墨西哥z]q&B(bnPyxXi。西班牙统治墨西哥近三个世纪2vul|[&P)*Z#-m(~LnS_。
1899. Alfred Hitchcock, director of silver screen thrillers is born in London.
1899年，惊悚电影导演阿尔弗雷德·希区柯克在伦敦出生0!lxxT^b_@d。
Among his films: Psycho, North by Northwest, Vertigo, Rear Window and The Birds.
他的电影有：《惊魂记》、《西北偏北》、《迷魂记》、《后窗》以及《群鸟》dyj4l)_9OW4]L。
And 1995. In Dallas, baseball hall of famer Mickey Mantle of the New York Yankees dies of liver cancer. He was 63 years old.
1995年，在达拉斯，棒球名人堂成员，纽约洋基队的米奇·曼托因肝癌去世，年63岁D(Cw.Mdk.L+%W^N)0~。
Today in History, August 13th. Sandy Kozel, the Associated Press.
以上是8月13日《历史上的今天》，美联社桑迪·科泽尔为您播报t%IiXR*zUZ1Ei。