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August 1st, 1966. Charles Whitman goes on a shooting rampage at the University of Texas clock tower in Austin.
1966年8月1日，查尔斯·惠特曼在奥斯汀德克萨斯大学钟楼持枪射击。
With a high-powered rifle, he kills 14 people and wounds nearly three dozen others, hours after murdering his wife and mother.
他手持大火力步枪杀害14人，近三十多人受伤，此前几个小时，他杀害了自己的妻子和母亲。
The killing ends when police gun down Whitman, ninety minutes after the siege at the clock tower began.
包围钟楼90分钟后，警察开枪打伤惠特曼结束此次杀戮。
1914. Europe's major powers take another fateful step into WWI, as Germany declares war on Russia.
1914年，德国对俄罗斯宣战，欧洲主要强国加入一战。
1936. Nazi Germany's dictator Adolf Hitler opens the Berlin Olympics.
1936年，纳粹德国独裁者阿道夫·希特勒举办柏林奥运会。
Hitler hopes to use the Games as a showcase for his ideology of racial superiority.
希特勒希望利用比赛展示自己的种族优越感观念。
But American athlete Jesse Owens shatters that dream, by winning four gold medals.
但是美国运动员杰西· 欧文斯赢得了四枚金牌，粉碎了他的美梦。
1944. An uprising breaks out in Warsaw against Nazi Germany's occupation of Poland during WWII.
1944年，二战期间华沙爆发反对纳粹德国占领波兰的起义。
The two-month revolt takes place a year after a failed uprising by Warsaw's Jews to resist being sent to a Nazi death camp.
华沙犹太人抗议被送往纳粹死亡集中营的起义失败，一年后便爆发了为期两个月的反抗。
1819. Herman Melville, author of "Moby Dick", the tale of the great white whale, is born in New York City.
1819年，讲述大白鲸故事的《白鲸记》作者赫尔曼·麦尔维尔在纽约市出生。
And 1981. MTV, the channel that put music videos on the pop culture map, debuts on cable.
1981年，放送流行音乐视频的频道MTV音乐台在有线电视首播。
Today in History, August 1st, Mike Gracia, the Associated Press.
以上是8月1日《历史上的今天》，美联社迈克·格雷西亚为您播报。
