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July 2nd 1776. In Philadelphia, the vote that sets the stage for America's declaration of independence two days later.
1776年7月2日，在费城，为两年后的美国独立宣言打下基础的投票。
The Continental Congress passes a resolution saying Britain's 13 colonies are and should be free and independent states.
大陆会议通过一项决议，英国13个殖民地是且应该是自由独立的州。
1964. In Washington, President Lyndon Johnson signs America's most sweeping civil rights law in nearly a century.
1964年，在华盛顿，林登·约翰逊签署了美国近一个世纪里最彻底的民权法。
"We believe that all men are created equal, yet many are denied equal treatment."
“我们相信人人生而平等，但是很多人没有受到平等对待。”
1937. Aviator Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan disappear in their plane over the Pacific Ocean.
1937年，飞行员阿梅莉亚·埃尔哈特和航海家弗瑞德·诺南在飞越太平洋的飞机上失踪。
The pair who were trying to fly around the world along the equator are never found. Their fate remains a mystery.
想要沿着赤道环行世界的两人均失踪。他们的命运仍是个谜。
1881. Months after taking office, President James Garfield is shot at Washington's railroads station.
1881年，就职几个月后，詹姆斯·加菲尔德总统在华盛顿火车站遭遇射杀。
Garfield dies two and a half months later. His assassin Charles Guiteau is tried and executed the following year.
两个半月后加菲尔德去世。杀害他的刺客第二年被审判枪决。
1961. Author Ernest Hemingway shoots himself to death at his home in Ketchum, Idaho. He was 61.
1961年，作家欧内斯特·海明威在他位于爱达荷凯彻姆的家中开枪自杀，年61岁。
And 1997. Actor Jimmy Stewart dies in Beverly Hills, California. The star of It's a Wonderful Life and other movie classics was 89.
1997年，演员吉米·斯图尔特在加利福尼亚比佛利山庄去世。这位出演《生活多美好》和其他多部经典电影的明星，年89岁。
Today in History, July 2nd, Sandy Kozel, the Associated Press.
以上是7月2日《历史上的今天》，美联社桑迪·科泽尔为您播报。
