December 2nd, 1954. "Traitors are not gentleman, my good friends. They don't understand being treated like gentlemen."
1954年12月2日,“我的朋友们,叛徒不是绅士。他们不理解被当作绅士对待。”
In Washington, the U.S. Senate takes the rare step of condemning one of its own, Joseph McCarthy, Republican of Wisconsin.
在华盛顿,美国参议院罕见地谴责了自己的参议员—威斯康星州共和党人约瑟夫·麦卡锡。
McCarthy is censured for bringing the Senate into disrepute after his anti-communist crusade adds his tactics come under fire.
麦卡锡的反共革命导致他的策略受到抨击,而后因给参议院抹黑而受到指责。
1942. At the University of Chicago, scientists demonstrate the world's first artificially-created self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction.
1942年,在芝加哥大学,科学家们展示出了世界首个人工创造的自我维持核连锁反应。
Their work is part of the Manhattan Project, the top secret of American-led effort to develop nuclear weapons during World War II.
他们的工作是曼哈顿计划的一部分,该计划是二战期间由美国领头研发核武器的最高机密。

2001. One-time energy giant Enron files for Chapter 11 Protection in one of the largest corporate bankruptcies in U.S. history.
2001年,曾经的能源巨头安然公司申请破产保护,这是美国历史上最大的公司破产案之一。
1993. In Columbia, Pablo Escobar, one of the world's most notorious drug lords is shot to death by security forces in Medellin.
1993年,在哥伦比亚,有史以来最为臭名昭著的毒枭之一巴勃罗·埃斯科巴在麦德林被安全部队击毙。
And 1982. In Salt Lake City, Barney Clark receives a permanent artificial heart in the first operation of its kind.
1982年,在盐湖城,巴尼·克拉克接受了一个永久人造心脏,这在同类手术中尚属首例。
Dr. Robert Jarvik is the inventor of the device implanted into Clark's chest.
罗伯特·贾维克博士是这颗植入克拉克胸部设备的发明者。
Clark lives 112 days with the artificial heart after the operation at the University of Utah Medical Center.
在犹他大学医学中心接受人工心脏手术后,克拉克活了112天。
Today in History, December 2nd, Ed Donahue, the Associated Press.
以上是12月2日《历史上的今天》,美联社埃德·多纳休为您播报。