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August 17th, 1969. Hurricane Camille slams into the Gulf Coast, making landfall just east of the mounts of the Mississippi River.
1969年8月17日，飓风卡米拉横扫墨西哥湾岸区，并在密西西比河东部山脉登陆。
The Category 5 storm kills more than 250 people, more than 35 years before Hurricane Katrina devastates the region.
这场五级暴风雨导致250多人死亡，35年后飓风卡特里娜摧毁了该地区。
1998. "They did not constitute sexual relations, as I understood that term to be defined."
1998年，“据我对这条术语的理解，我认为这些不构成性关系。”
In Washington, President Bill Clinton faces federal grand jury questioning in the Monica Lewinsky scandal.
在华盛顿，比尔·克林顿总统在莫妮卡·莱温斯基丑闻中面临联邦大陪审团审问。
That's where he finally admits his past relationship with the former White House intern. Afterward, Clinton tells the American people:
他在此最终承认他和前白宫实习生过去的关系。后来，克林顿告诉美国人民：
"Indeed I did have a relationship with Ms. Lewinsky that was not appropriate. In fact, it was wrong.
“我确实和莱温斯基小姐有不恰当的关系。事实上，这种关系是错误的。”
It constituted a critical lapse in judgment and a personal failure on my part for which I am solely and completely responsible."
这是判断上的一次严重失误，是我个人的错误，我个人对自己的过失负完全责任。”
1896. "There're strange things done in the midnight sun, By the men who moil for gold."
1896年，“那些寻找金子的人在夜半太阳下做着怪异的事情。”
Prospectors find gold in Canada's Yukon Territory, a discovery that touches off the Klondike Gold Rush in the following year.
探勘者在加拿大的育空领地发现了金子，这个发现在第二年触发了克朗代克淘金热。
1807. Robert Fluton's steamboat begins its successful round-trip up the Hudson River from New York City to Albany, New York.
1807年，罗伯特·富尔顿的轮船开始了从纽约市哈德逊河到纽约奥尔巴尼的成功往返旅行。
The voyage of the northern river steamboat, popularly known as the Clermont, revolutionizes American transportation in the 19th century.
这艘北部河上轮船（也就是广为人知的克莱蒙特号）的航行彻底改变了19世纪美国的交通。
1987. Rudolf Hess, the last member of Adolf Hitler's inner circle in Nazi Germany dies of an apparent suicide at age 93.
1987年，阿道夫·希特勒在纳粹德国核心集团的最后一名成员鲁道夫·赫斯自杀身亡，年93岁。
Hess was the sole inmate at Spandau Prison in what was then West Berlin, serving a life sentence for war crimes.
赫斯是当时西柏林施潘道监狱中的唯一一名囚犯，因战争罪行而服无期徒刑。
And 1943. Actor Robert de Niro is born in New York City. Among his films, Taxi Driver, The Godfather Part II, Raging Bull, Goodfellas, and Analyze This.
1943年，演员罗伯特·德尼罗在纽约市出生。他的电影有《出租车司机》、《教父2》、《愤怒的公牛》、《好家伙》以及《老大靠边闪》。
Today in History, August 17. Sophia Manos, the Associated Press.
以上是8月17日《历史上的今天》，美联社索菲娅·马诺斯为您播报。
