Thirty years ago today, MTV landed on television with the video "Video Killed the Radio Star" by the British New Wave band the Buggles.

三十年前的今天，MTV在荧屏上开始出现，播放的第一个录像带是英国新浪潮乐队巴格斯（Buggles）的“录像杀死了广播明星”。

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Thirty years ago today, former Beatle John Lennon was shot to death outside of his home on the Upper West Side of New York City, the news of which shocked fans and non-fans alike around the globe.

三十年前的今天，前披头士乐队成员约翰·列侬在纽约市西北边的家门口遇刺身亡。 这一新闻曾经震惊了全世界的人，不管是不是他的粉丝。

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Thirty years ago Sweden was a largely homogeneous country, but today 10% of its people (and one-seventh of those of working age) are foreign-born.

三十年前的瑞典还是一个大体上成分均一的国家，今天10%的人口(那些有工龄人数的七分之一)是在国外出生的。

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Thirty years ago today, the American Embassy in Tehran was seized.

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According to the FDA, Americans today consume five times as much food dye as we did thirty years ago.

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Thirty years ago there were 25 companies making vaccines for the U.S., but today there are only one or two suppliers for most of the many vaccines used to fight major diseases.

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