July 31st, 1964. Ranger 7 transmits pictures of the Moon back to Earth before the American space probe smashes onto the lunar surface.
1964年7月31日,在美国太空探测器撞击月球表面之前,游骑兵7号将月球的照片传回地球。
Five years later, the first man set foot on the Moon during NASA's Apollo11 mission.
五年后,在美国宇航局的阿波罗11号任务中,有人第一次踏上了月球。
1777. A young nobleman from France begins to make his name during the American Revolution.
1777年,在美国独立战争期间,一位来自法国的年轻贵族开始崭露头角。
The Marquis de Lafayette, then 19 years old, is appointed a major general in the Continental Army.
当时年仅19岁的拉法耶特被任命为大陆军的少将。
The following year, France formally sides with the American colonist against the British.
第二年,法国正式加入美国殖民者共同反对英国人。
1972. Missouri Senator Thomas Eagleton withdraws as Democratic presidential candidate George McGovern's running mate.
1972年,密苏里参议员托马斯·伊格顿退出民主党总统候选人乔治·麦戈文竞选伙伴。
The move follows the disclosure that Eagleton had been hospitalized for psychiatric treatment in the 1960s and twice receives electroshock therapy for depression.
此前有消息称,伊格顿曾在20世纪60年代住院接受精神治疗,并两次接受抑郁症电击治疗。
"My personal feelings are secondary to the necessity to unify the Democratic Party and to elect George McGovern as the next president of the United States."
“我个人的感受是次要的,统一民主党并选举乔治·麦戈文为下一任美国总统才是主要的。”
McGovern taps Sargent Shriver to replace Eagleton on the Democratic ticket. That fall, they lose to President Richard Nixon in a landslide.
麦戈文任命萨金特·施赖弗代替伊格顿。那年秋天,理查德·尼克松总统以压倒性优势获胜。
"The Dark Lord Ascending"
“伏地魔东山再起”
And 1965. "The two men appeared out of nowhere, a few yards apart in the narrow moon-lit lane."
1965年,“两个人不知从哪里冒出来,在月光下狭窄的巷子里相隔几码远。”
Meet the writer who cast the literary spell that created young magician Harry Potter. J. K. Rowling, author of the best-selling Potter books, is born in southwest England.
创造出年轻魔法师哈利·波特的作家J·K·罗琳在英格兰的西南部出生,她是畅销小说《哈利波特》的作者。
Today in History, July 31st, Ed Donahue, the Associated Press.
以上是7月31日《历史上的今天》,美联社埃德·多纳休为您播报。