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August 3rd, 1492. Explorer Christopher Columbus sets sail from Spain
1492年8月3日，探险家克里斯托弗·哥伦布从西班牙起航，
on his first voyage across the Atlantic that takes him to the present day Americas.
开始了他首次横跨大西洋的航行，这次航行将他带到了今天的美洲。
1914. Europe deepens its descent into World War I as Germany declares war on France just days after declaring war on Russia.
1914年，德国对法国宣战，而就在几天前，德国对俄罗斯宣战，欧洲深陷第一次世界大战，
1948. In Washington, a cold war case heats up Capitol Hill,
1948年，在华盛顿，冷战让国会山热血沸腾，
that's where Whittaker Chambers accuses Alger Hiss of being a communist and a spy for the Soviet Union.
正是在那里，惠特克·钱伯斯指控埃尔加·希斯是一名共产党人，是苏联的间谍。
Hiss is a former State Department official. Chambers, an ex-communist, is an editor at Time Magazine.
埃尔加·希斯是前国务院官员。钱伯斯是一名前共产党员，是《时代杂志》的一名编辑。
Hiss denies the charges, but later spends 5 years in prison for perjuring over his dealings with Chambers.
希斯否认了这些指控，但后来因为在与钱伯斯的交易中做伪证而被判入狱5年。
1981. Air traffic controllers in the United States go on strike,
1981年，美国空中交通管制员
defying a warning from President Ronald Reagan that they would be fired.
不顾罗纳德·里根总统的警告继续罢工，里根总统曾警告他们将被解雇。
"They are in violation of the law, and if they do not report for work within 48 hours,
“他们违反了法律，如果他们48小时内不报告工作，
they have forfeited their jobs and will be terminated."
他们就会失去了工作，将被解雇。“
Reagan dismisses the roughly 11,500 controllers who do not return to their jobs and the government hires replacements.
里根解雇了大约11500名没有返回工作岗位的管制员，政府雇佣了接替者。
1949. Birth of the NBA, as two pro basketball leagues,
1949年，两个职业篮球联盟——
the Basketball Association of America and the National Basketball Association, merge.
美国篮球协会和国家篮球协会——合并，NBA诞生。
And 1926. Tony Bennett, the singer who won new found fame with the MTV generation,
1926年，歌手托尼·班奈特在纽约阿斯托里亚社区出生，
is born in the New York City neighborhood of Astoria.
在MTV一代中赢得了新的名声
Today in History, August 3rd, Camille Bohannon, the Associated Press.
以上是8月3日《历史上的今天》，美联社卡米尔·博汉农为您播报。
