October 24th, 1945. Birth of the United Nations.
1945年10月24日,联合国的诞生。
The charter of the global organziation takes effect, nearly two months after the Japanese surrender ending WWII.
日本投降,二战结束近两个月后,这个全球组织宪章生效。
1952. Dwight Eisenhower promises to bring the Korean War to an end.
1952年,德怀特·艾森豪威尔承诺结束朝鲜战争。
The Republican candidate for President makes his pledge on the campaign trail.
这位共和党总统候选人在竞选活动中做出了他的承诺。
"Only in that way could I learn how best to serve the American people in the cause of peace. I shall go to Korea."
“只有这样我才能学会如何在和平事业中最好地为美国人民服务。我将去朝鲜。”
Eisenhower wins the presidential election and visits Korea over a month later.
艾森豪威尔赢得总统选举并在一个多月后访问朝鲜。
2002. In Maryland, authorities arrest two people in connection with weeks of deadly sniper attacks in the Washington, DC area.
2002年,在马里兰州,当局逮捕了两名与华盛顿地区数周内致命狙击手袭击案有关的人。
They catch John Muhammad and Lee Malvo, after the series of shootings kills ten people and wounds three.
在一系列枪击事件造成10人死亡,3人受伤之后,他们逮捕了约翰·穆罕默德和李·马尔沃。
Muhammad is sentenced to death in Virginia and life in prison in Maryland. Malvo gets a life sentence in both states.
穆罕默德在弗吉尼亚州被判死刑,在马里兰州被判终身监禁。马尔沃在两州距背叛死刑。
2003. The supersonic Concorde makes its last trans-Atlantic trip, concluding 27 years of commercial service.
2003年,超音速协和式飞机完成了最后一次跨大西洋飞行,结束了27年的商业服务。
Three of the luxury passenger jets land at Heathrow Airport outside London, all arriving from New York's John F. Kennedy Airport.
三架豪华客机降落在伦敦郊外的希思罗机场,它们从纽约肯尼迪机场起飞。
2005. Civil rights activist Rosa Parks dies.
2005年,民权活动家罗莎·帕克斯去世。
In 1955, Parks made his symbol decision that sparked the revolution
1955年,帕克斯做出了具有象征意义的决定,引发了这场革命
when a white man demand she give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama bus,
当时在阿拉巴马州蒙哥马利的一辆公共汽车上,一名白人要求她让座,
then 42 years old seamstress said "NO".
然后这名42岁的女裁缝拒绝了。
Her active defiance earned her the title "Mother of the Civil Rights movement". Parks was 92.
她的主动挑衅为她赢得了“民权运动之母”的称号。帕克斯年92岁。
And 1991. Gene Roddenberry, creator of the sci-fi TV series "Star Trek", dies in Santa Monica, California. He was 70.
1991年,科幻电视剧《星际迷航》的创作者吉恩·罗登贝瑞在加利福尼亚州,圣塔莫尼卡去世,年70岁。
Today in History, October 24th, Carol Bradley, the Associated Press.
以上是10月24日《历史上的今天》,美联社卡洛德·布兰得利为您播报。