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April 4th, 1968. The Reverend Martin Luther King, Junior is assassinated on a hotel balcony in Memphis, Tennessee.
1968年4月4号。尊敬的马丁·路德·金，在田纳西州孟菲斯一家酒店的阳台上遭到暗杀。
The civil rights leader was 39 years old.
这位民权领袖时年39岁。
"And I've seen the Promised Land. I may not get there with you.
“我已看到了应许之地。那时我或许已经不在。
But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the Promised Land!"
但今晚我想让你们知道，作为一个民族，我们必将抵达那里。
James Earl Ray, King's confessed assassin, who later claimed his innocence, spends the rest of his life behind bars.
金的刺杀者詹姆斯·厄尔·雷后来声称自己清白无辜，但余生仍在监狱中度过。
1841,In Washington, President William Henry Harrison dies of pneumonia, just one month after his inauguration.
1841年，华盛顿，总统威廉·亨利·哈里森在刚刚就任一个月后，就死于肺炎。
Harrison is the first U.S. chief executive to die in office and his presidency remains the briefest.
哈里森是美国首位死在任上的总统，他的总统任期在美国历史上也是最短的。
1974,In Cincinnati, Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves hits his 714th career home run tying baseball great Babe Ruth's record.
1974年，在辛辛那提，亚特兰大勇士队队员汉克·阿伦完成了其职业生涯中第714次全垒打，这一记录与贝比·鲁斯持平。
Aaron breaks that record days later.
几天后，亚伦再次打破了这一记录。
And 1928, Maya Angelou, poet, writer, actress, and African-American activist, is born in Saint Louis.
1928年，诗人、作家、女演员以及非裔美国活动家玛雅·安吉罗，在圣路易斯出生。
Today in History, April 4th, Sandy Kozel, the Associated Press.
以上是4月4日《历史上的今天》，美联社桑迪·科泽尔为您播报。
