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April 12th, 1945, President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies of a cerebral hemorrhage in Warm Springs, Georgia, at age 63.
1945年4月12日，由于脑出血，63岁的富兰克林·D·罗斯福总统在乔治亚州的沃姆斯普林斯去世。
"Let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself."
“让我首先表明我的坚定信念:我们唯一不得不害怕的就是害怕本身。”
Roosevelt who led America through the Great Depression and most of World War II served a record of 12 years in office.
罗斯福在美国大萧条和二战时期担任总统，是唯一一位在职12年的总统。
Vice President Harry Truman succeeds Roosevelt in the White House.
副总统哈里·杜鲁门接任罗斯福成为总统。
1861, start of the American Civil War. Confederate forces fire on the Union garrison at Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina,
1861年，美国内战爆发。同盟军向南卡罗来纳州查尔斯顿萨姆特堡的联邦要塞开火，
fighting between the North and South lasts 4 years with more than half a million deaths.
南北两军交战持续四年，造成五十多万人死亡。
1961, Soviet cosmonaut, Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man to fly in space, orbiting the Earth once before making a safe landing.
1961年，苏维埃宇航员尤里·加加林成为飞上太空的第一人，在安全着陆前一直围绕地球飞行。
And 1981, America's first space shuttle, named Columbia, blasts off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on its maiden flight.
1981年，美国第一架航天飞机，哥伦比亚号在佛罗里达的卡纳维拉尔角发射，开始首航。
More than two decades later, Columbia meets a tragic end; it disintegrates on reentry killing its 7-passenger crew.
20多年后，哥伦比亚号遭遇悲剧性的结局；其在重返大气层时分解，7名机组人员死亡。
And 1947, "my name is Dave Letterman and I am the host of late show, America's most successful C student."
1947年，“我是大卫·莱特曼，是一名深夜秀主持人，是美国最成功的C分学生。”
David Letterman, the late night TV talk show host is born in Indianapolis.
深夜秀主持人大卫·莱特曼出生于印第安纳波利斯。
Today In History, April 12th, Mike Gracia, the Associated Press.
以上是4月12日《历史上的今天》，美联社迈克· 格拉西亚为您播报。
