October 12th 1492. On this date under the old style calendar, explorer Christopher Columbus lands in the Americas.
1492年10月12日,美国旧历的这一天,探险家克里斯托弗·哥伦布登陆美洲。
Columbus sailing under Spain's banner traveled across the Atlantic, trying to seek a route to Asia.
哥伦布打着西班牙的旗号横渡大西洋,试图寻找通往亚洲的航线。
His arrival on the Caribbean leads to Europe's colonization of the Western Hemisphere.
他的加勒比之行导致了欧洲对西半球的殖民化。
2000. In the Persian Gulf, suicide bombers strike the USS Cole docked in Yemen's port of Aden.
2000年,在波斯湾,自杀式爆炸者袭击了停靠在也门亚丁港的科尔号航空母舰。
They ram the Cole with their boat filled with explosives, killing 17 American sailors aboard the destroyer.
他们用装满炸药的船撞击科尔号,导致驱逐舰上的17名美国水兵死亡。
Osama bin Laden's Al-Qaeda network is blamed for the attack nearly a year before the 9/11 attacks.
奥萨马·本·拉登的基地组织网络被指在9.11袭击近一年前发动了这起袭击。
1960. Political theater during the Cold War at the United Nations in New York,
1960年,冷战期间在纽约联合国总部上演的政治闹剧,
Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev disrupts the UN General Assembly
苏联领导人尼基塔·赫鲁晓夫在一名发言人批评他的国家时,
by pounding his desk with a shoe when a speaker criticizes his country.
用鞋敲打自己的桌子,扰乱联合国大会。
2002. Terrorist strikes Indonesian island of Bali.
2002年,恐怖分子袭击了印度尼西亚的巴厘岛。
That's where a bomb blamed on Islamic militants destroys a nightclub, killing 202 people, many of them foreign tourists.
伊斯兰武装分子引爆的一枚炸弹摧毁了一家夜总会,造成202人死亡,其中许多是外国游客。
1935. Luciano Pavarotti, considered one of the greatest opera stars in modern times, is born in Modena, Italy.
1935年,鲁契亚诺·帕瓦罗蒂在意大利摩德纳出生。他被人为是现代最伟大的歌剧明星之一。
And 1997. Singer John Denver dies when his privately built aircraft crashes in Monterey Bay, California. He was 53 years old.
1997年,歌手约翰·丹佛乘坐的私人飞机在加州蒙特利湾坠毁,丹佛身亡,年53岁。
Today in History, October 12th, Tim Maguire, the Associated Press.
以上是10月12日《历史上的今天》,美联社蒂姆·马奎尔为您播报。