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Today's Highlight in History:
On August 18th, 1920, Tennessee became the 36th state to ratify1 the 19th Amendment2 to the Constitution, which guaranteed the right of all American women to vote.
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In 1227, the Mongol conqueror3 Genghis Khan died.
In 1587, Virginia Dare became the first child of English parents to be born on American soil, on what is now Roanoke Island, North Carolina.
In 1846, US forces led by General Stephen W. Kearney captured Santa Fe, New Mexico.
In 1894, Congress established the Bureau of Immigration.
In 1914, President Wilson issued his "Proclamation of Neutrality," aimed at keeping the United States out of World War One.
In 1938, President Roosevelt dedicated4 the Thousand Islands Bridge connecting the United States and Canada.
In 1963, James Meredith became the first black to graduate from the University of Mississippi.
In 1983, Hurricane "Alicia" slammed into the Texas coast, leaving 22 dead and causing more than a billion dollars' worth of damage.
In 1991, Soviet5 hard-liners launched a coup6 aimed at toppling President Mikhail S. Gorbachev, who was vacationing in the Crimea. (The coup collapsed7 three days later.)
In 1997, Beth Ann Hogan became the first coed in the Virginia Military Institute's 158-year history.
Ten years ago: A US frigate8 fired warning shots across the bow of an Iraqi oil tanker9 in the Gulf10 of Oman -- apparently11 the first shots fired by the United States in the Persian Gulf crisis.
Five years ago: Shannon Faulkner, who'd won a two-and-a-half-year legal battle to become the first female cadet at The Citadel12, quit the South Carolina military college after less than a week, most of it spent in the infirmary.
One year ago: A day after a deadly earthquake struck western Turkey, survivors13 denounced the rescue effort as sluggish14 and disorganized. (The death toll15 eventually topped 17,000.)
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v.批准,认可,追认 | |
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amendment
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n.改正,修正,改善,修正案 | |
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conqueror
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n.征服者,胜利者 | |
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adj.苏联的,苏维埃的;n.苏维埃 | |
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frigate
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tanker
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n.海湾;深渊,鸿沟;分歧,隔阂 | |
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citadel
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幸存者,残存者,生还者( survivor的名词复数 ) | |
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adj.懒惰的,迟钝的,无精打采的 | |
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n.过路(桥)费;损失,伤亡人数;v.敲(钟) | |
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