June 16th, 1858. In Illinois, Abraham Lincoln launches his US Senate bid with the warning about America's split over slavery,
1858年6月16日,在伊利诺斯州,亚伯拉罕·林肯在美国参议员警告美国关于奴隶制的分裂,
arguing the issue must be resolved. Lincoln says a house divided against itself cannot stand.
称这个问题必须解决。林肯表示一个内讧的国家无法立足。
Three years later, the Civil War breaks out between North and South after Lincoln is sworn in as president.
3年后,林肯宣示就职总统,南北内战爆发。
1963. Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space as the Soviet cosmonaut lifts off aboard Vostok Six.
1963年,苏联宇航员登上Vostok 6号飞船,瓦莲京娜·捷列什科娃成为登陆太空的首位女性。
1976. In South Africa, rioting erupts in the black township of Soweto.
1976年,在南非,索韦托黑人城镇爆发暴乱。
More than 500 youths are killed as the violence spreads across the country, then under white minority rule.
随着暴力蔓延整个国家,有500多名青少年被杀害,然后被少数白人统治。
The bloody uprising galvanizes the movement against South Africa's apartheid regime.
这次血腥的起义刺激了反南非种族隔离制度运动。
And 1961. Ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev defects from the Soviet Union to the west while his dance troupe is in Paris.
1961年,芭蕾舞蹈家鲁道夫·纽瑞耶夫叛离苏联来到西方,当时他的舞蹈团在巴黎。
Today in History, June 16th, Ed Donahue, the Associated Press.
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