(单词翻译:单击)
October 4th, 1957. Dawn of the Space Age, as the Soviet Union launches Sputnik, the first man-made satellite, into orbit.
1957年10月4日,太空时代的黎明,苏联发射第一颗人造卫星Sputnik进入轨道 。
1993. A bloody battle in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu.
1993年,索马里首都摩加迪沙发生流血冲突 。
Two U.S. Blackhawk helicopters are shot down, while gun battles rage between American forces and guerrilla fighters.
两架美国黑鹰直升机被击落,同时美国军队和游击队之间爆发了激烈的枪战 。
Amid the fighting, dozens of Somalis drag the body of an American soldier through the city's streets.
双方交战中,数十名索马里人拖着一名美国士兵的尸体穿过城市的街道 。
President Bill Clinton soon decides to withdraw U.S. troops from Somalia by the following year.
比尔·克林顿总统很快便决定在明年之前从索马里撤军 。
1895. Buster Keaton, one of the great comedy stars of the silent movie era, is born in Piqua, Kansas.
1895年,默片时代最伟大的喜剧明星之一巴斯特·基顿在堪萨斯州皮奎市出生 。
And 1970. Rock singer Janis Joplin is found dead of an accidental heroin overdose in her Hollywood hotel room.
1970年,摇滚歌手詹尼斯·乔普林因意外过量吸食海洛因被发现死于她在好莱坞酒店的房间 。
Joplin, a music icon for the Sixties counterculture, was 27 years old.
乔普林,这位60年代反主流文化的音乐偶像年27岁 。
Today in History, October 4th, Camille Bohannon, the Associated Press.
以上是10月4日《历史上的今天》,美联社卡米尔·博汉农为您播报 。