(单词翻译:单击)
October 7th, 2001. Just weeks after the September 11th terror-attacks,
2001年10月7日，911恐怖袭击几周后，
the United States and Britain launch military strikes on Afghanistan.
美国和英国对阿富汗发动军事打击。
On a video tape, Osama Bin Laden prays God for the 9.11 attacks, but the Al-Qaeda leader does not claim responsibility for them.
在一段录像中，奥萨马·本·拉登为911袭击向上帝祈祷，但这位基地组织领导人没有声称对袭击负责。
1985. In the Mediterranean, Palestinian gunmen hijack the "Achille Lauro", an Italian cruise ship off the coast to the Egypt.
1985年，在地中海，巴勒斯坦枪手劫持了阿基莱·劳伦号，一艘驶向埃及的意大利客轮。
The hijackers kill passenger Leon Klinghoffer-an elderly Jewish-American tourist before surrendering 2 days later.
投降前两天，劫持者杀害了一名年长的美国犹太游客里昂·柯林霍夫。
1991. In Washington, U.S. Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas faces damaging allegation of sexual harassment.
1991年，在美国华盛顿，最高法院提名人克拉伦斯·托马斯面临性骚扰指控。
Law professor Anita Hill accuses Thomas of making sexually inappropriate comments
法律教授安妮塔·希尔指控托马斯在20世纪80年代，
when she worked for him in 2 federal agencies during the 1980s.
她在两家联邦机构为他工作时，发表了不恰当的性评论。
Hill urges the Senator to investigate. Thomas denies the claims and the Senator later confirms him.
希尔敦促参议员进行调查。托马斯否认了这些指控，参议员随后证实了他的说法。
1988. Matthew Shepard, a gay college student, is beaten and left tied to a wooden fence post outside Laramie, Wyoming.
1988年，大学生马修·谢巴德是一名同性恋者，他在怀俄明州拉勒米市外被殴打，并被绑在一根木栅栏柱子上。
Shepard dies 5 days later. Russell Henderson and Aaron McKinney are serving life sentences for his murder.
5天后谢巴德死亡。拉塞尔·亨德森和亚伦·麦金尼因谋杀而被判无期徒刑。
1951. John Mellencamp, the singer and song writer with Heartland-Rock hits, is born in Seymour, Indiana.
1951年，歌手兼歌曲作家，Heartland-Rock红人约翰·梅伦康普在印第安纳州西摩亚出生。
And 1982. In New York, CATS, the musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice opens on Broadway.
1982年，在纽约，安德鲁·劳埃德·韦伯和蒂姆·赖斯的音乐剧《猫》在百老汇上演。
Today in History, October 7th, Mike Gracia, the Associated press.
以上是10月7日《历史上的今天》，美联社迈克·格拉西亚为您播报。
