April 18th, 1906, A devastating earthquake strikes San Francisco, flattening buildings and setting off raging fires.
1906年4月18日,旧金山市发生毁灭性大地震,造成大楼坍塌,触发大火。
Estimates of the final death toll range between three-thousand and six-thousand in one of the worst natural disasters ever to hit an American city.
最终死亡人数估计范围在三千到六千人之间,这是美国城市所遭遇的最严重的自然灾害之一。
1775, In Massachusetts, several post riders set out to warn colonists of the British attack that starts the American Revolution.
1775年,在马萨诸塞州,几名驿传者打算通知殖民地民兵英军将要进攻的消息—即美国独立战争的爆发。
One patriotic myth growing out of that movement begins with a Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poem called "Paul Reverie's Ride."
从那场运动中走出的爱国主义虚构人物起于亨利·沃兹沃斯·朗费罗的诗篇—《保罗·里维尔的夜奔》。
1983, A suicide bomber kills 63 people including 17 Americans at the U.S. Embassy in Lebanon's capital, Beirut.
1983年,自杀式炸弹在黎巴嫩首都贝鲁特的美国大使馆内爆炸,致63人死亡,其中包括17名美国人。
1955, Physicist Albert Einstein, considered the greatest scientist of the 20th Century, dies in Princeton, New Jersey. He was 76.
1955年,20世纪最伟大的科学家、物理学家阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦在美国新泽西州普林斯顿去世,享年76岁。
And 1999, Hockey legend Wayne Gretzky plays his last NHL game at New York's Madison Square Garden.
1999年,冰球界传奇人物韦恩·格雷茨基在纽约麦迪逊广场花园完成了最后一次全国曲棍球联合会比赛。
Gretzky, nicknamed "The Great One" for setting so many records, says it's time to move on.
格雷茨基,绰号“伟大的那一个”,创下了众多记录,他说是时候离开了。
"It's hard. This is a great game, but it's a hard game. I'm ready."
“这很困难。这是一个伟大的比赛,但也是一项艰难的比赛。我准备好了。”
Today in History, April 18th, Ed Donahue, the Associated Press.
以上是4月18日《历史上的今天》,美联社埃德· 梅兰蒂为您播报。