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August 27th, 1883. One of the world's most devastating explosions as the island volcano Krakatoa erupts in the South Pacific.
1883年8月27日，世界上最具毁灭性的爆发，当时喀拉喀托火山岛在南太平洋爆发。
The resulting tidal waves in Indonesia Sunda Strait kill some 36,000 people on the islands of Java and Sumatra.
由此引发的印尼巽他海峡潮汐波浪导致爪哇岛和苏门答腊岛上36000多人死亡。
1908. "... we have the opportunity to move not only towards the rich society and powerful society, but upwards to the great society..."
1908年，“我们不仅有机会实现社会繁荣富强，还有机会朝着伟大社会奋进...”
Lyndon Johnson, the first American President from the south to be elected since the Civil War, is born near Stonewall, Texas.
林登·约翰逊，内战后美国第一任来自南方的总统，在德克萨斯州石墙附近出生。
Johnson's legacy includes landmark Civil Rights Laws, Medicare and Medicaid, Antipoverty Programs and tragic escalation of the Vietnam War.
约翰逊的遗产包括具划时代意义的民权法、医疗保险和医疗补助、反贫困项目以及悲剧性的越战升级。
1910. Mother Teresa, the missionary who earned a Nobel Peace Prize for her work on behalf of the poor, is born in present-day Macedonia.
1910年，特蕾莎修女在现在的马其顿出生，这位传教士因致力于帮助穷人而获得诺贝尔和平奖。
1859. Colonel Edwin Drake drills the first successful oil well in the United States near Titusville, Pennsylvania.
1859年，埃德温·德雷克上校首次在美国宾夕法尼亚州泰特斯维尔附近成功钻出石油井。
1979. Britain's Lord Louis Mountbatten near's killed when his boat explodes off the coast of Ireland.
1979年，英国的路易斯·蒙巴顿勋爵在爱尔兰乘坐游艇时被炸身亡。
The Irish Republican Army claims responsibility for the blast.
爱尔兰共和军宣称对此事件负责。
And 1967. Brian Epstein, manager of the Beatles, is found dead in his London flat after an overdose of sleeping pills.
1967年，披头士乐队经纪人布莱恩·爱普斯坦被发现死于其位于伦敦的家中，此前他曾吞服过量安眠药。
Epstein who help guide the Fab Four to Rock and Roll stardom was 32 years old.
爱普斯坦帮助引导披头士四人组成为摇滚明星，死时年32岁。
Today is History. August 27th, Ed Donahue, the Associated Press.
以上是8月27日《历史上的今天》，美联社艾德·多纳休为您播报。
