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Today in History: Thursday, April 04, 2013
历史上的今天：2013年4月04，周四
On April 4, 1968, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., 39, was shot to death as he stood on a balcony at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tenn.; the killing sparked a wave of riots across the country.
1968年4月4日，39岁的民权运动领袖在田纳西孟菲斯洛林汽车酒店的阳台上被射杀身亡。刺杀事件引发全国骚乱。
1818 Congress decided the U.S. flag would consist of 13 red and white stripes and 20 stars, with a new star to be added for every new state.
1818年，国会决定美国国旗将由13条红白条纹和20颗星星组成，每增加一个州时增加一颗新的星星。
1841 President William Henry Harrison died of pneumonia one month after his inauguration, becoming the first U.S. president to die in office.
1841年，威廉·亨利·哈里森总统就职一个月后死于肺炎，成为第一个死于任职期间的美国总统。
1850 The city of Los Angeles was incorporated.
1850年，洛杉矶组建。
1887 Susanna Medora Salter became the first woman elected mayor of an American community - Argonia, Kan.
1887年，梅多拉·索尔特苏·珊娜当选阿戈尼亚市长，成为首位美国社区女市长。
1888 Baseball Hall of Famer Tris Speaker was born in Hubbard, Texas.
1888年，棒球名人堂成员特里斯·斯毕克在德克萨斯州哈伯德出生。
1902 British financier Cecil Rhodes left $10 million in his will to provide scholarships at Oxford University in England.
1902年，英国金融家塞西尔·罗兹在他的遗嘱里提供1000万美元在英国牛津大学设立奖学金。
1949 Twelve nations, including the United States, signed the North Atlantic Treaty.
1949年，包括美国在内的12个国家签署了北大西洋条约。
1981 Henry Cisneros became the first Hispanic elected mayor of a major U.S. city - San Antonio, Texas.
1981年，亨利·西斯内罗斯当选德克萨斯州圣安东尼奥市长，成为第一位当选美国主要城市市长的西班牙裔。
1988 The Arizona Senate convicted Gov. Evan Mecham of two charges of official misconduct and removed him from office.
1988年，亚利桑那州州长埃文·米查姆因两项官员渎职指控被撤职。
2003 U.S. forces seized Saddam International Airport outside Baghdad.
2003年，在巴格达城外，美国军队占领萨达姆国际机场。
2003 Sammy Sosa of the Chicago Cubs became the 18th major league baseball player to hit 500 career home runs.
2003年，芝加哥小熊队的萨米·索萨击打出职业生涯的第500个全垒打，成为第18位职业棒球大联盟成员。
2006 The Iraq tribunal charged Saddam Hussein and six others, accusing them of genocide and crimes against humanity stemming from a 1980s crackdown against Kurds.
2006年，伊拉克法庭指控萨达姆·侯赛因和其他6人在1980年代镇压库尔德人时犯有种族灭绝和反人类罪。
2007 Radio host Don Imus made offensive on-air remarks about the Rutgers University women's basketball team. He was later fired by CBS Radio and cable network MSNBC.
2007年，电台主持人丹·艾默斯在现场直播罗格斯大学女子篮球比赛时发表攻击性言论，随后他被CBS广播和有线电视网络公司开除。
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