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August 7th, 1998. Bombs explode minutes apart outside the US embassies in the Eastern African nations of Kenya and Tanzania.
1998年8月7日，放置在美国驻东非坦桑尼亚和肯尼亚大使馆附近的汽车炸弹爆炸。
The blasts kill more than 200 people including a dozen Americans and injure thousands more.
爆炸造成包括十几名美国人在内的200多人死亡，数千人受伤。
Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida terror network is blamed for the bombings, 3 years before the 9.11 attacks.
奥萨马·本·拉登的基地组织恐怖主义网络对此爆炸负责，三年后9.11恐事件发生。
1964. In Washington, a fateful moment during the Vietnam War as Congress passes the Tonkin Gulf Resolution.
1964年，在华盛顿，当时国会通过了东京湾决议案，这是越战期间的一次决定性的时刻。
The overwhelming vote gives President Lyndon Johnson broad powers to escalate America's involvement in the war.
压倒性的票数给了林登·约翰逊总统逐步升级战争的广泛权力。
1942. During WWII, US and Allied forces land at Guadalcanal. This marks the start of the Allies' first major offensive against Japan in the Pacific.
1942年，二战期间，美国及同盟国军队登陆瓜达康纳尔岛，标志着同盟国在太平洋战场上对日本展开首次攻势的开端。
Months later, the remaining Japanese troops evacuate the island.
数月后，剩下的日本军队撤离该岛。
1947. Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl and his team successfully cross the Pacific Ocean in a balsa wood raft called Kon-Tiki.
1947年，挪威探险家托尔·海尔达尔和他的团队搭乘软木伐康提基号成功穿越太平洋。
Their journey is an attempt to prove Heyerdahl's theory that ancient mariners from South America could have settled in the South Pacific.
他们的旅程是为了证明海尔达尔的理论：南美洲的古代水手可能在南太平洋定居。
1957. Oliver Hardy, half of the Laurel and Hardy comedy team, dies in Northern Hollywood, California. He was 65.
1957年，劳来与哈代喜剧团队成员奥列佛·哈代在加利福尼亚北好莱坞去世，年65岁。
2005. In New York, ABC news anchor Peter Jennings dies after a battle with lung cancer. He was 67.
2005年，在纽约，ABC新闻主播彼得·詹宁斯在与肺癌抗争后去世，年67岁。
And 2007. Barry Bonds hits his 756th homerun topping Hank Aaron's long-standing record.
2007年，贝瑞·邦兹打出了自己的第756个全垒打，追平了汉克·阿伦的生涯本垒打纪录。
However, Bonds' accomplishment is shrouded in controversy over his alleged use of steroids.
但有关邦兹有使用类固醇问题的争议使他的这一成就被蒙上阴影。
Today in History, August 7th. Jon Belmont, the Associated Press.
以上是8月7日《历史上的今天》，美联社乔恩·贝尔蒙为您播报。
