October 4th, 1957. Dawn of the Space Age, as the Soviet Union launches Sputnik, the first man-made satellite, into orbit.
1957年10月4日,太空时代的黎明,苏联发射第一颗人造卫星Sputnik进入轨道。
1993. A bloody battle in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu.
1993年,索马里首都摩加迪沙发生流血冲突。
Two U.S. Blackhawk helicopters are shot down, while gun battles rage between American forces and guerrilla fighters.
两架美国黑鹰直升机被击落,同时美国军队和游击队之间爆发了激烈的枪战。
Amid the fighting, dozens of Somalis drag the body of an American soldier through the city's streets.
双方交战中,数十名索马里人拖着一名美国士兵的尸体穿过城市的街道。
President Bill Clinton soon decides to withdraw U.S. troops from Somalia by the following year.
比尔·克林顿总统很快便决定在明年之前从索马里撤军。
1895. Buster Keaton, one of the great comedy stars of the silent movie era, is born in Piqua, Kansas.
1895年,默片时代最伟大的喜剧明星之一巴斯特·基顿在堪萨斯州皮奎市出生。
And 1970. Rock singer Janis Joplin is found dead of an accidental heroin overdose in her Hollywood hotel room.
1970年,摇滚歌手詹尼斯·乔普林因意外过量吸食海洛因被发现死于她在好莱坞酒店的房间。
Joplin, a music icon for the Sixties counterculture, was 27 years old.
乔普林,这位60年代反主流文化的音乐偶像年27岁。
Today in History, October 4th, Camille Bohannon, the Associated Press.
以上是10月4日《历史上的今天》,美联社卡米尔·博汉农为您播报。