1999年3月24日。
NATO launches US-led airstrikes against Yugoslavia over the Kosovo crisis.
以美国为首的北约在科索沃危机中对南斯拉夫发动了空袭。
President Bill Clinton tells the American people, "We have acted with resolve for several reasons.
比尔·克林顿总统告诉美国人民,“我们决心采取行动出于几个原因。
We act to protect thousands of innocent people in Kosovo from a mounting military offensive.
我们采取行动为了保护数以千计无辜的科索沃人民免受军事袭击。
"1989, America's worst oil spill takes place in Alaska's Prince William Sound.
1989年,美国史上最严重的漏油事件发生在阿拉斯加的威廉王子湾。
The tanker Exxon Valdez runs aground on a reef and begins to leak millions of gallons of crude.
艾克森瓦尔迪兹号油轮触礁,数百万加仑的原油遭到泄露。
1958. Singer Elvis Presley is inducted into the US army in Memphis Tennessee.
1958年,歌手埃尔维斯·普雷斯利在田纳西州孟菲斯正式参军。
He serves in Germany for 2 years.
他在德国服役了2年。
1955. In New York, the Tennessee Williams play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof opens on Broadway.
1955年。在纽约,田纳西·威廉斯的剧作《朱门巧妇》,在百老汇上映。
And 2002, "And it's for every nameless, faceless woman of color who now has a chance because the door tonight has been opened."
2002年,“这是为了每一位默默无闻、不知姓名的黑人女性。现在我们拥有了一个机会,因为今晚这扇大门已经打开。”
Halle Berry becomes the first black actress to win an Oscar for a leading role for Monster's Ball
哈莉贝瑞凭借《死囚之舞》,成为史上第一个获得奥斯卡最佳女主角奖项的黑人女演员,
and Denzel Washington becomes the second black actor to win a best actor Oscar for Training Day.
而丹泽尔·华盛顿凭借《训练日》,成为第二名获得奥斯卡最佳男演员奖项的黑人。
Today in History, March 24th, Ed Donahue, the Associated Press.
以上是3月24日《历史上的今天》,美联社埃德·多纳休为您播报。