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June 11th, 1963. Alabama governor George Wallace takes a symbolic stand against racial immigration at the University of Alabama.
1963年6月11日，阿拉巴马州州长乔治·华莱士站在阿拉巴马大学反对种族移民。
He blocks a doorway on campus, defining a federal court order, allowing two black students to enroll at the school.
他堵在大学门口，阐明联邦法院允许两名黑人学生去学校注册的命令。
"I deem it to be my solo obligation and duty to stand for you, representing the rights in the provinces of this state and its people."
“我代表大家，代表这个国家各省和其人民的权利，将之视为我个人的义务和责任。”
Wallace backs down after Alabama National Guard Troops under federal control are ordered to the campus.
联邦下令阿拉巴马州美国国民卫队进入校园后，华莱士放弃抵抗。
Also that same year. In what's then South Vietnam, a Buddhist monk immolates himself in the capital Saigon, now Ho Chi Minh City.
同年，在当时的越南共和国，一名和尚在首都西贡，即现在的胡志民市祭献自己。
It's a protest against South Vietnamese leader Ngo Dinh Diem for his crack down on Buddhist. Diem is killed in a military coup months later.
这是为了反抗越南共和国领导人吴廷琰对佛教的镇压。几个月后，吴廷琰在一次军事政变中丧命。
2001. Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh is executed by lethal injection at a federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana.
2001年，俄克拉荷马市爆炸案凶手蒂莫西·麦克维在印第安纳州泰瑞豪特的一所联邦监狱中被注射处死。
1919. In New York, Sir Barton wins the Belmont Stakes, the first to win horse racing's Triple Crown.
1919年，在纽约，巴顿爵士赢得贝尔蒙特锦标赛，成为首匹三冠马王。
On the same day, 58 years later, Seattle Slew wins the Belmont, the first undefeated racer to capture the Triple Crown.
58年后的同一天，‘西雅图回旋’赢得贝尔蒙特锦标赛，成为首匹不败战将，获得三连冠。
And 1979. Actor John Wayne, the silver screen legend known as the Duke dies of cancer in Los Angeles. He was 72.
1979年，演员约翰·韦恩，以‘公爵’这一昵称为人所知的银幕传奇在洛杉矶死于癌症，年72岁。
Today in History, June 11th, Tim Maguire, the Associated Press.
以上是6月11日《历史上的今天》，美联社蒂姆·马奎尔为您播报。
