September 2nd, 1945. World War II officially ends, 6 years in the day after the fighting began.
1945年9月2日,战争开始6年后的一天,二战正式结束。
That's when Japan formally surrenders to the Allies on board the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay.
当时在东京湾密苏里号战列舰上,日本正式向同盟国投降。
President Harry Truman tells Americans:
哈里·杜鲁门总统告诉美国人:
The evil done by the Japanese warlord can never be repaired or forgotten. But their power to destroy and kill has been taken from them.
日本军阀的恶行永远不会被修复或遗忘。但是他们毁灭和杀戮的能力已被剥夺。
1944. A year before the war ends, future president George H.W. Bush, then a US Navy pilot, sees combat in the Pacific.
1944年,战争结束的前一年,未来的总统乔治·布什,时任美国海军飞行员,目睹了太平洋上的战役。
Bush is forced to bailout his plane hit by Japanese anti-aircraft fire during a bombing run.
在轰炸航路时,布什的飞机被日本防空炮火击中,他被迫跳伞。
He is rescued by an American submarine a few hours later.

1864. During the American civil war, Union General William T. Sherman's forces occupy Atlanta, ahead of a devastating march to Savannah, Georgia.
1864年,美国内战期间,联军将军威廉·特库赛·谢尔曼的部队在进军乔治亚州萨凡纳前占了领亚特兰大。
1666. The Great Fire of London begins in the baker's shop in Pudding Lane near the Thames River.
1666年,伦敦大火始于泰晤士河附近普丁巷的一家面包店里。
Its flames destroy thousands of homes in the medieval anguished city but few lives.
这座中世纪城市里的数千房屋被大火摧毁,却少有人受灾。
1969. With the Vietnam War still raging, Ho Chi Minh, leader of Communist North Vietnam dies at age 78.
1969年,随着越战的肆虐,共产主义北越领导人胡志明去世,年78岁。
That happens nearly 25 years after Ho declares the Vietnam's independence and five and a half years before the country is reunified under communist rule.
近25年前,胡志敏宣布越南独立,5年半前这座城市在共产主义的统治下重新统一。
And 1985. A joint US-French expedition discovers the wreckage of the Titanic, more than 70 years after the luxury liner sinks in the North Atlantic.
1985年,一支美法联合探险队发现了泰坦尼克号的残骸,70多年前这艘奢华的客轮沉入北大西洋。
They find the ship more than 1,200 feet under water, more than 560 miles off Newfoundland, Canada.
他们在水底1200英尺处发现了它,距加拿大纽芬兰560多英里。
Today in history, September 2nd, Camille Bohannon, the Associate Press.
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