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Today in History: Thursday, April 04, 2013
歷史上的今天：2013年4月04，周四
On April 4, 1968, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., 39, was shot to death as he stood on a balcony at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tenn.; the killing sparked a wave of riots across the country.
1968年4月4日，39歲的民權運動領袖在田納西孟菲斯洛林汽車酒店的陽臺上被射殺身亡。刺殺事件引發全國騷亂。
1818 Congress decided the U.S. flag would consist of 13 red and white stripes and 20 stars, with a new star to be added for every new state.
1818年，國會決定美國國旗將由13條紅白條紋和20顆星星組成，每增加一個州時增加一顆新的星星。
1841 President William Henry Harrison died of pneumonia one month after his inauguration, becoming the first U.S. president to die in office.
1841年，威廉·亨利·哈里森總統就職一個月后死于肺炎，成為第一個死于任職期間的美國總統。
1850 The city of Los Angeles was incorporated.
1850年，洛杉磯組建。
1887 Susanna Medora Salter became the first woman elected mayor of an American community - Argonia, Kan.
1887年，梅多拉·索爾特蘇·珊娜當選阿戈尼亞市長，成為首位美國社區女市長。
1888 Baseball Hall of Famer Tris Speaker was born in Hubbard, Texas.
1888年，棒球名人堂成員特里斯·斯畢克在德克薩斯州哈伯德出生。
1902 British financier Cecil Rhodes left $10 million in his will to provide scholarships at Oxford University in England.
1902年，英國金融家塞西爾·羅茲在他的遺囑里提供1000萬美元在英國牛津大學設立獎學金。
1949 Twelve nations, including the United States, signed the North Atlantic Treaty.
1949年，包括美國在內的12個國家簽署了北大西洋條約。
1981 Henry Cisneros became the first Hispanic elected mayor of a major U.S. city - San Antonio, Texas.
1981年，亨利·西斯內羅斯當選德克薩斯州圣安東尼奧市長，成為第一位當選美國主要城市市長的西班牙裔。
1988 The Arizona Senate convicted Gov. Evan Mecham of two charges of official misconduct and removed him from office.
1988年，亞利桑那州州長埃文·米查姆因兩項官員瀆職指控被撤職。
2003 U.S. forces seized Saddam International Airport outside Baghdad.
2003年，在巴格達城外，美國軍隊占領薩達姆國際機場。
2003 Sammy Sosa of the Chicago Cubs became the 18th major league baseball player to hit 500 career home runs.
2003年，芝加哥小熊隊的薩米·索薩擊打出職業生涯的第500個全壘打，成為第18位職業棒球大聯盟成員。
2006 The Iraq tribunal charged Saddam Hussein and six others, accusing them of genocide and crimes against humanity stemming from a 1980s crackdown against Kurds.
2006年，伊拉克法庭指控薩達姆·侯賽因和其他6人在1980年代鎮壓庫爾德人時犯有種族滅絕和反人類罪。
2007 Radio host Don Imus made offensive on-air remarks about the Rutgers University women's basketball team. He was later fired by CBS Radio and cable network MSNBC.
2007年，電臺主持人丹·艾默斯在現場直播羅格斯大學女子籃球比賽時發表攻擊性言論，隨后他被CBS廣播和有線電視網絡公司開除。
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