August 19, 1991. In the Soviet Union, Communist hardliners announce that Mikhail Gorbachev has been removed from power.
1991年8月19日,在苏联,共产党强硬派宣布米哈伊尔·戈尔巴乔夫下台。
But the coup against Gorbachev during his vacation collapses days later. The Soviet Union dissolves by the end of the year.
但在他休假期间反对戈尔巴乔夫的政变在几天后崩溃。年末苏联解体。
1934. Voters in Germany, overwhelmingly ratify Adolf Hitler's powers as their Fuhrer or absolute ruler.
1934年,德国选民投票高票支持阿道夫·希特勒成为他们的元首或独裁统治者。
A plebiscite caps the Nazi leader's rise to power, a path that leads to World War II and the Holocaust.
公民投票以纳粹领袖掌权结束,这条道路引发二战和大屠杀。

1960. During the cold war, a Soviet tribunal convicts American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers of espionage.
1960年,冷战期间,一苏联法庭宣告美国U-2飞行员弗朗西斯·加里·鲍尔斯犯间谍罪。
Powers is sentenced 10 years in prison. He is exchanged to a Soviet spy nearly 2 years later.
鲍尔斯被判十年有期徒刑。近两年后用他换回一名苏联间谍。
1906. Philo T. Farnsworth, one of the pioneering inventors of television, is born in Beaver County, Utah.
1906年,电视先去发明者之一菲洛·泰勒·法恩斯沃思在犹他州比佛县出生。
1977. Comedian Groucho Marx, star of silver screen, radio and TV, dies in Los Angeles at age 86.
1977年,喜剧人、银幕、电台和电视明星格劳乔·马克斯在洛杉矶去世,年86岁。
Today In History, August 19th, Camille Bohannon, the Associate Press.
以上是8月19日《历史上的今天》,美联社卡米尔·博汉农为您播报。