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February 11th 1990, Nelson Mandela is freed in South Africa after the black activist spends 27 years in captivity under the country's apartheid rule.
1990年2月11日在南非，尼尔森·曼德拉被释放，因种族隔离制度，曼德勒遭到27年监禁。
I stand here before you not as a prophet, but as a humble servant of you, the people.
站在你们面前的不是预言家，而是谦卑的仆人，是人民的奴仆。
Four years later, Mandela is elected South Africa's president in its first multi-racial elections after apartheid is abolished.
四年后曼德拉当选南非总统，种族隔离制度废除以后，南非首次施行种族多元化选举。
1945, during the final month of World War II, the top Allied leaders sign the Yalta Accords in Ukraine,
1945年，也就是二战的最后一个月，盟军领导人在乌克兰签署了雅尔塔协定，
then part of the Soviet Union. The accords play a part in the split between Washington and Moscow as the two superpowers later enter the Cold War.
当时的乌克兰之后成为了苏联的一部分，该协定成为了美苏两国分裂的因素之一，两大超级大国随后进入冷战时期。
1979, in Iran, followers of Ayatollah Khomeini seize power, establishing an Islamic fundamentalist regime.
1979年在伊朗，鲁霍拉·霍梅尼追随者夺取政权，建立了伊斯兰原教旨主义国家。
Months later, dozens of Americans at the U.S. Embassy in Iran's capital Tehran are taken hostage and held captive for 444 days.
几个月后，多名美驻首都德黑兰大使工作人员被绑架，关押时间长达444天。
And 1847, inventor Thomas Edison is born in Milan, Ohio.
1847年，发明家托马斯·爱迪生出生在俄亥俄州米兰。
Among his many inventions, the electric light bulb, a phonograph and a motion picture camera.
他的发明包括电灯泡、留声机以及电影摄影机。
Today in History, February 11th, Carlotta Bradley, the Associated Press.
以上是2月11日《历史上的今天》，美联社卡罗塔·布拉德利为您播报。
