September 7th 1940. Nazi Germany begins heavy bombing of London and other major cities in Britain during WWII.
1940年9月7日,二战期间,纳粹德国开始对伦敦和英国其他主要城市进行大轰炸。
CBS reporter Edward describes the devastation of what becomes known as the Blitz.
CBS记者爱德华对这场‘伦敦大轰炸’进行如下描述:
"One may see a light of flare definitely hit a number of campus.
“可以看到火光袭击多处校区。
Human beings looking like broken, castaway, dust-covered dolls being lifted with trouble hands out of a tunnel driven through to the basement of a bombed house."
人们看起来像是被遗弃的破碎娃娃,身上覆满灰尘,他们被抬出那通向被炸毁房屋地下室的通道。”
1997. Mobuto Sese Seko, the former Central African dictator dies in Morocco at age 66.
1997年,前中非独裁者蒙博托·塞塞·塞科在摩纳哥去世,年66岁。
It happens months after Mobuto is forced into exile following his disastrous rule of Zaire now known as the Democratic Republic of Congo.
几个月前蒙博托被迫流亡,此前他对扎伊尔(即现在的刚果民主共和国)进行了灾难性的统治。

1977. In Washington, the Panama Canal Treaties are signed.
1977年,在华盛顿,《巴拿马运河条约》签署。
The agreement calls on the United States to eventually turn control of the waterway over to Panama during the next two decades.
该协议要求美国在接下来的20年内,将这条航道的控制权交还给巴拿马。
1996. Rapper Tupac Shakur is fatally wounded in a drive-by shooting on his car in the Las Vegas Strip.
1996年,在拉斯维加斯大道,说唱歌手图派克·夏库尔在车中遭枪击受重伤。
Shakur dies from his injuries days later. His murder remains unsolved.
几天后夏库尔因伤而亡。他的谋杀案至今未解。
1979. Attention, SportsCenter fans! ESPN debuts on cable, the birth of a TV sports powerhouse.
1979年,注意啦,体育中心的粉丝们!ESPN首次登陆有线电视,一个电视体育中心的诞生。
1963. The Pro Football Hall of Fame is dedicated in Canton, Ohio where what's now the NFL was formed more than four decades earlier.
1963年,职业橄榄球名人堂设立于俄亥俄州坎顿,如今的全国橄榄球联盟(NFL)于四十多年前在此成立。
And 1936. Buddy Holly, one of the early stars of rock'n'roll is born in Lubbock, Texas.
1936年,早期摇滚明星之一巴迪·霍利在德克萨斯州卢博克市出生。
Today in History, September 7th, Tim Maguire, the Associated Press.
以上是9月7日《历史上的今天》,美联社蒂姆·马奎尔为您播报。