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August 9th, 1945. The United States drops a second atomic bomb on Japan during WWII.
1945年8月9日，二战期间，美国向日本投下第二枚原子弹。
This time, the target is the city of Nagasaki, where the nuclear blast kills an estimated 74-thousand people.
这一次的目标是长崎市，原子弹爆炸导致约74000人死亡。
President Harry Truman: "If Japan does not surrender, bombs will have to be dropped on her war industries and, unfortunately,
哈里·杜鲁门总统：“如果日本不投降，炸弹将会投向她的军工区，不幸的是，
thousands of civilian lives will be lost."
数千市民将丧命。”
Just days later, Japan surrenders to America and its Allies, bringing WWII to an end.
近几天后，日本向美国及同盟国投降，二战结束。
1974. In Washington, Richard Nixon becomes the first American President to resign, driven from office over the Watergate scandal.
1974年，在华盛顿，理查德·尼克松总统成为美国首个辞职总统，他因水门丑闻而被迫辞职。
Vice President Gerald Ford is sworn in as Nixon's successor.
副总统杰拉尔德·福特宣誓就任总统。
"Our long national nightmare is over. Our Constitution works. Our great Republic is a Government of laws and not of men. "
“我们国家漫长的噩梦结束了。我们的宪法起到了作用。我们伟大的共和国是法制的政府而是人为操控的。”
A month later, Ford grants Nixon an unconditional pardon for any offenses that he committed during his time in the White House.
一个月后，福特无条件赦免了尼克松在白宫执政期间犯下的任何罪责。
1969. Movie actress Sharon Tate and four others are found brutally murdered in her Los Angeles home.
1969年，电影明星莎朗·塔特及其他四人被发现在位于她洛杉矶的家中惨遭杀害。
Cult leader Charles Manson and a group of his followers are later convicted of the crime.
之后异教领袖查尔斯·曼森和他的一群追随者被判有罪。
1854. Henry David Thoreau publishes the literary classic, "Walden".
1854年，亨利·戴维·梭罗出版了文学经典《瓦尔登湖》。
The work describes Thoreau's experiences while living near Walden Pond in Massachusetts.
该作品描述了梭罗在马萨诸塞州瓦尔登湖附近的生活经历。
1964. Singer and actress Whitney Houston is born in Newark, New Jersey.
1964年，歌手、演员惠特妮·休斯顿在新泽西州纽瓦克市出生。
And 1995. Musician Jerry Garcia of the rock band The Grateful Dead dies of a heart attack in Forest Knolls, California. He was 53.
1995年，死之华摇滚乐队的主唱杰里·加西亚因心脏病发作在加州Forest Knolls去世，年53岁。
Today in History, August 9th, Camille Bohannon, the Associated Press.
以上是8月9日《历史上的今天》，美联社卡米尔·博汉农为您播报。
