April 26th, 1986. The world's worst nuclear accident happens at the Chernobyl plant in Ukraine, then part of the Soviet Union.
1986年4月26日,世界最糟糕的核事故发生在乌克兰的切尔诺贝利核电站,当时的乌克兰是苏联的一部分。
An explosion in fire of the plant kills at least 31 people, spewing radioactive clouds into the atmosphere. Then winds carry as far as Western Europe.
核电站大火导致的爆炸致至少31人死亡,放射性云团喷涌到大气中,并随风吹到西欧。
1865. Federal troops surround and kill John Wilkes Booth, President Abraham Lincoln's assassin, near Bowling Green, Virginia.
1865年,在弗吉尼亚州鲍灵格林附近,联邦军队包围并杀死了刺杀亚伯拉罕·林肯总统的凶手约翰·威尔克斯·布斯。
1607. English colonists wash ashore, what's now Cape Henry, Virginia.
1607年,英国殖民者冲上岸,即现在的弗吉尼亚亨利角。
Weeks later, they establish Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in the Western Hemisphere.
数周后,他们建立了詹姆斯敦,这是位于西半球的第一个英国永久殖民地。
1937. Planes from Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy raid the Basque town of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War.
1937年,在西班牙内战期间,纳粹德国和意大利法西斯的飞机突袭巴斯克地区的格尔尼卡镇。
2000. Vermont's Governor Howard Dean, signs the first bill in the United States, allowing same-sex couples to form civil unions.
2000年,佛蒙特州州长霍华德·迪恩签署了美国第一个允许同性伴侣成立公民联盟的法案。
And 1989. Actress and comedienne Lucille Ball, star of the classic TV hit "I love Lucy", dies in Los Angeles, at the age of 77.
1989年,经典电视剧《我爱露西》的女演员兼喜剧演员露西尔·鲍尔在洛杉矶去世,年77岁。
Today in History, April 26th, Ed Donahue, the Associated Press.
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