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January 7th, 1789. The United States holds its first presidential election more than a decade after the Declaration of Independence.
1789年1月7日，美国在宣布独立十多年后举行了第一次总统选举。
Americans vote for electors, who a month later, choose George Washington to be the nation's first president.
一个月后，美国选民选择乔治·华盛顿成为这个国家的第一位总统。
1999. In Washington, an impeached American president goes on trial before the U.S. Senate for only the second time in history.
1999年，在华盛顿，一名被弹劾的美国总统在美国参议院接受审判，这是历史上的第二次。
Bill Clinton faces charges of perjury and obstruction of justice over the Monica Lewinsky scandal. He is acquitted the following month.
比尔·克林顿在莫尼卡·莱温斯基丑闻案中面临伪证和妨碍司法公正的指控。下个月，他被无罪释放。
1979. Vietnamese forces capture Cambodia's capital Phnom Penh, overthrowing the Khmer Rouge regime of Pol Pot.
1979年，越南军队占领柬埔寨首都金边，推翻了波尔布特的红色高棉政权。
As many as 2,000,000 Cambodians died under that regime which had turned the country into a vast slave labor camp.
多达200万柬埔寨人在该政权下死亡，将这个国家变成了一个巨大的奴隶劳动营。
And 1989. Japan's Emperor Hirohito, whose decades of rule include World War II and Tokyo becoming an American ally, dies at age 87.
1989年，日本裕仁天皇去世，享年87岁。裕仁天皇在位的几十年里，日本经历了第二次世界大战以及成为美国的盟友。
Today in History, January 7th, Mike Gracia, the Associated Press.
以上是1月7日《历史上的今天》，美联社迈克·格雷西亚为您播报。
