April 7th 1994. Civil war erupts in Rwanda a day after its leader and the President of Burundi are killed in a mysterious plane crash.
1994年4月7日,卢旺达内战爆发,战争前一天卢旺达领导以及布隆迪总统遭遇神秘空难死亡。
In the months that follow, hundreds of thousands of minority Tutsis and Hutu intellectuals are slaughtered in the central African country.
在接下来的几个月内,成千上万名少数民族的图西和胡图知识分子在非洲中部遭遇屠杀。
1927. An audience in New York witnesses the first successful long-distance demonstration of television in the United States.
1927年,纽约一名观众在美国见证了电视的第一次成功长距离放映。
They see Commerce Secretary and future President Herbert Hoover in images transmitted via telephone lines from Washington.
他们在影像中看到商务部长兼未来总统赫伯特·胡佛,电视影像是从华盛顿通过电话线路进行传输。
1947. Auto pioneer Henry Ford, father of the Model T Car and the modern assembly line, dies in Dearborn, Michigan at age 83.
1947年,汽车先驱、T型发动机小汽车及现代流水装配线之父,亨利·福特在密歇根,迪尔伯恩去世,享年83岁。
1949. In New York, the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific starring Mary Martin opens on Broadway.
1949年,罗杰斯和汉默斯坦音乐剧《南太平洋》在百老汇上演,主演是玛丽·马丁。
And 1915. Billie Holiday, Lady Day, one of the great jazz and blues singers of all time is born in Philadelphia.
1915年,比莉·霍利戴,绰号戴夫人,有史以来最好的爵士及布鲁斯歌手之一,在费城出生。
Today in History, April 7th, Ed Donahue, the Associated Press.
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