March 8th, 1965, America deepens its military involvemnt in Southeast Asia, as the first US combat troops land in South Vietnam.
1965年3月8日,随着第一支美国战斗部队登陆越南,美国加强了南海军事渗透。
3,500 marines arrive to defend the US air base in Da Nang.
3500名海军陆战队士兵抵达岘港,保卫美国空军基地。
Associated Press photographer Eddie Adams is there.
美联社摄影记者埃迪·亚当斯。
"The marines are high. They are dedicated. They have to help the Vietnamese civilian find a better way of life."
“海军陆战队队员是崇高的。他们极具奉献精神。帮助越南人民寻求一种更好的生活方式。”
The Vietnam War eventually divides the United States and ends a decade later when Vietnam is reunified under Communist rule.
越南战争最终造成了分裂,十年后,越南共产党实现了越南的统一。
1917, start of the Russian Revolution,rioting and strikes against the Russian empire break out in the city now known as St. Petersburg.
1917年,俄国大革命爆发。这个如今被称为圣彼得堡的城市爆发了针对沙俄帝国的暴乱和罢工。
By year's end, Vladimir Lenin and his Bolsheviks seize power.
年底,弗拉基米尔·列宁及他的布尔什维克掌权。
They later form the Soviet Union, the world's first Communist state.
随后,他们建立了苏联,世界上第一个共产主义国家。
1854, US Commodore Matthew C. Perry makes his second landing in Japan.
1854年,美国海军准将马休·佩里第二次登陆日本。
Within a month, he concludes a treaty with the Japanese.
一个月内,他与日本签订了一项条约。
That ends Japan's more than 2 centuries of isolation from the West.
这一条约结束了日本与西方长达两个多世纪的隔绝。
And 1999, "Where have you gone Joe DiMaggio?
1999年,“你去哪儿了,乔·狄马乔?
A nation turns its lonely eyes to you…"
一个国家把孤独的眼睛转向你…”
Baseball Hall of Famer, Joe DiMaggio, the New York Yankee's dies of cancer in Hollywood, Florida. He was 84.
纽约洋基队队员乔·狄马乔因罹患癌症,在佛罗里达州好莱坞逝世,入住棒球名人堂,享年84岁。
Today in History, March 8th. Sandy Kozel, the Associated Press.
以上是3月8日《历史上的今天》,美联社桑迪·科泽尔为您播报。