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March 16th, 1968.
1968年3月16日。
The My Lai Massacre takes place during the Vietnam War.
美莱村屠杀事件发生在越南战争期间。
US troops under the command of Lieutenant William Cally Jr. kill hundreds of unarmed civilians in the village of My Lai.
在威廉·卡利中尉的指挥下，美国军队在美莱村杀死了数百名手无寸铁的平民。
High ranking army officers initially cover up the incident, but former soldiers make it public.
高级军官最初掩盖了这一事件，但当时在场的士兵将其公之于众。
Cally is accused of directing the killings and gets life in prison, but is later paroled.
凯利被指控指挥谋杀，并获终身监禁，但后来获得假释。
1985. Terry Anderson, chief Middle East correspondent for the Associated Press, is abducted in Lebanese capital Beirut.
1985。美联社驻中东首席记者泰瑞·安德森在黎巴嫩首都贝鲁特遭到绑架。
AP photographer Donald Miles saw it happen.
美联社摄影师唐纳德·迈尔斯目击了此事。
"When I saw them pull him into a car. I tried to advance towards one of these gunmen. He waved his pistol at me as it to go away."
当我看到他们把他拉进车里。我试图向枪手走去，他用枪指着我让我离开。
Anderson is freed more than 6 and half years later, William Burkley, the CIA station chief in Beirut, kidnapped on the same day as Anderson a year earlier, dies in captivity.
近七年后，安德森获释，而中央情报局贝鲁特站站长威廉·伯克利在安德森次年同日遭到绑架，后在囚禁期间死亡。
1926. Rocket science pioneer Robert Goddard successfully tests the first liquid-fueled rocket in Auburn, Massachusetts.
1926年。火箭科学先驱罗伯特·戈达德在马萨诸塞州奥本，成功进行了首个液体燃料火箭测试。
And finally, also that same year. "Like the hopes, that was dashed, when the star knock it cry."
最后，同年。“就像希望破灭一样，当星星令它哭泣。”
Comedian and director Jerry Lewis, long-time host of the Labor Day telethon, is born in Newark, New Jersey.
喜剧演员兼导演杰瑞·刘易斯，他曾长期担任Labor Day电视节目主持人，在新泽西纽瓦克出生。
Today in History, March 16th. Ross Simpson, the Associated Press.
以上是3月16日《历史上的今天》，美联社桑迪·科泽尔为您播报。
