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Today in History: Thursday, August 09, 2012
歷史上的今天，2012年8月9日
On Aug. 9, 1945, the United States exploded a nuclear device over Nagasaki, Japan,instantly killing an estimated 39,000 people. The explosion came three days after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.
1945年8月9日，在向日本廣島投擲原子彈后的三天后，美國在日本長崎再次引爆了核裝置，據估計39000人當場死亡。
1854 Henry David Thoreau published "Walden," which described his experiences living near Walden Pond in Massachusetts.
1854年亨利•大衛•梭羅出版《瓦爾登湖》，描述他住在馬薩諸塞州瓦爾登湖附近的經歷。
1902 Britain's Edward VII was crowned king following the death of his mother,Queen Victoria.
1902年,愛德華七世在其母親維多利亞女王逝世后，加冕成為英國國王。
1936 Jesse Owens won his fourth gold medal at the Berlin Olympics as the United States took first place in the 400-meter relay.
1936年，柏林奧運會上美國獲得400米接力賽冠軍，這也使得杰西•歐文斯贏得了他在本屆奧運會上的第四枚奧運金牌。
1969 Actress Sharon Tate and four other people were found murdered in Los Angeles; cult leader Charles Manson and a group of his followers were later convicted of the crime.
1969年，演員莎朗•泰特和其他四人在洛杉磯被謀殺，異教主查爾斯•曼森和他的一群追隨者隨后被宣判有罪。
1974 Gerald R. Ford was sworn in as the 38th president of the United States following the resignation of Richard M. Nixon.
1974年，在理查德•尼克松辭職后，杰拉爾德•福特宣誓就職美國第38任總統,。
1985 A federal judge in Norfolk, Va., found retired Navy officer Arthur J. Walker guilty of seven counts of spying for the Soviet Union.
1985年，在弗吉尼亞州諾福克，一位聯邦法官發現退休的海軍軍官阿瑟•沃克7次為蘇聯提供諜報有罪。
1995 Rock musician Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead died at age 53.
1995年的搖滾音樂家杰瑞•加西亞的感恩而死去世,享年53歲。
2001 President George W. Bush approved federal funding for existing lines of embryonic stem cells.
2001年,喬治•布什總統批準向現存的胚胎干細胞系實驗提供聯邦資助。
2002 Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants hit his 600th home run, becoming the fourth major leaguer to reach the mark.
2002年，舊金山英雄貝瑞•邦茲打出了他的第600記本壘打，成為第四位達到這一分數的棒球運動員。
2010 Former Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens, 86, the longest serving Republican in the U.S. Senate, was killed in a plane crash in southwestern Alaska.
2010年，在任時間最長的美國參議院共和黨人，84歲的前阿拉斯加參議員特德史蒂文斯在阿拉斯加西南部的一起飛機事故中不幸喪生。
