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April 16th, 2007, A gunman opens fire on the campus of Virginia Tech, killing 32 students and faculty members before killing himself.
2007年4月16日，一枪手在弗吉尼亚理工学院开枪，造成32名学生和教师死亡，随后自杀。
The number of the victims made the shooting the deadliest in modern U.S. history.
此次事件的受害人数之多使枪击成为现代美国历史上最为致命的案件。
1947, The country's deadliest industrial accident takes place in the harbor of Texas City, Texas.
1947年，美国最致命的工业事故在德克萨斯州得克萨斯城的港口发生。
That's where the ships Grandcamp and the High Flyer, both carrying ammonium nitrate fertilizer, each explode, a day apart.
当时两艘载有硝铵肥料的货轮Grandcamp号和High Flyer号发生爆炸。
The blasts resulting fires kill 576 people and injure 5,000 others.
爆炸产生的大火造成576人死亡，5000人受伤。
1917, Communist revolutionary Vladimir Lenin returns to Russia, ending years of exile in Switzerland.
1917年，共产主义革命家弗拉基米尔·列宁返回俄国，结束了数年的瑞士流亡生活。
Months later, Lenin's Bolshevik movement seizes power, establishing what becomes the Soviet Union.
数月之后，列宁的布尔什维克革命掌权，并建立了苏联。
1889, Charlie Chaplin, whose comic "Tramp" character made him one of the first big movie stars, is born in London.
1889年，因出演喜剧《流浪汉》而成为首位电影大明星之一的查理·卓别林在伦敦出生。
1996, Britain's Prince Andrew and his wife Sarah, the Duchess of York, better known as "Fergie", announce they are getting a divorce.
1996年，英国安德鲁王子及妻子约克公爵夫人萨拉（她的艺名“菲姬”更为人所知）宣布离婚。
1964, Also in Britain, the Rolling Stones release their debut album "The Rolling Stones, England's Newest Hitmakers."
1964年，也是在英国，滚石乐队发布了他们的首张专辑《The Rolling Stones, England's Newest Hitmakers》”
And 2003, Basketball great Michael Jordan plays his last NBA game, as he and his Washington Wizards lose to the Philadelphia 76ers.
2003年，篮球明星迈克尔·乔丹的最后一场NBA比赛，当时他和他的华盛顿奇才队败给了费城76人队。
Today in History, April 16th, David Melendy, the Associated Press.
以上是4月16日《历史上的今天》，美联社戴维· 梅兰蒂为您播报。
