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August 6th, 1945. For the first time a nuclear weapon is used in warfare.
1945年8月6日，核武器首次在战争中使用。
The United States drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan during World War II.
二战期间，美国在日本广岛市投下一枚原子弹。
The blast and its aftermath kill an estimated 140,000 people.
原子弹爆炸以及余波约致14万人死亡。
President Harry Truman:"We have used it in order to shorten the agony of war,
哈里·杜鲁门总统：“为了减轻战争的痛苦，
in order to save the lives of thousands and thousands of young Americans.
为了拯救成千千万万美国年轻人的生命，我们使用了原子弹。
We shall continue to use it until we completely destroy Japan's power to make war."
我们将继续使用，直到日本发动战争的能力被完全摧毁。”
1965. In Washington, a victory for America Civil Rights Movement, as President Lyndon Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act.
1965年，在华盛顿，林登·约翰逊总统签署投票权法案，这是美国民权运动的一次胜利。
The law lifts barriers in segregated states of the South aimed at preventing blacks from exercising their right to vote.
该法案清除了南方隔离州的障碍，让黑人有权行使他们的投票权。
1978. Pope Paul VI dies in Castel Gandolfo, Italy at age eighty. His successor Pope John Paul I dies after thirty-three days as pontiff. He is followed by Pope John Paul II.
1978年，教皇保罗六世在意大利冈多菲堡去世，年80岁。他的继任者若望·保禄一世在继任主教33天后去世。随后若望·保禄二世接任。
1881. Alexander Flemming, the scientist behind the discovery of the antibiotics agent—Penicillin, is born in Lochfield, Scotland.
1881年，发现抗生素剂盘尼西林的科学家亚历山大·弗莱明在苏格兰利奇菲尔德出生。
And 2004. Funk singer Rick James dies of a heart attack at his home in Los Angeles. He was fifty-six years old.
2004年，放克歌手瑞克·詹姆斯因心脏病发作在位于洛杉矶的家中去世，年56岁。
Today in History, August 6th. Sandy Kozel, the Associated Press.
以上是8月6日《历史上的今天》，美联社桑迪·科泽尔为您播报。
