历史上的今天:08月23日

时间：2008-11-17 02:53:08

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Today's Highlight in History:
On August 23rd, 1927, Italian-born anarchists¹ Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were executed in Boston for the murders of two men during a 1920 robbery. (Sacco and Vanzetti were vindicated² in 1977 by Massachusetts Governor Michael S. Dukakis.)
On this date:
In 1754, France's King Louis the 16th was born at Versailles.

In 1838, one of the first colleges for women, Mount Holyoke Female Seminary in South Hadley, Massachusetts, graduated its first students.

In 1914, Japan declared war on Germany in World War One.

In 1926, silent film star Rudolph Valentino died in New York at age 31.

In 1939, Nazi³ Germany and the Soviet⁴ Union signed a non-aggression treaty.

In 1944, Romanian prime minister Ion Antonescu was dismissed by King Michael, paving the way for Romania to abandon the Axis⁵ in favor of the Allies.

In 1960, Broadway librettist⁶ Oscar Hammerstein II died in Doylestown, Pennsylvania.

In 1972, the Republican national convention, meeting in Miami Beach, Florida, nominated Vice⁷ President Spiro T. Agnew for a second term.

In 1979, Soviet dancer Alexander Godunov defected while the Bolshoi Ballet was on tour in New York.

In 1982, Lebanon's parliament elected Christian⁸ militia⁹ leader Bashir Gemayel president. (However, Gemayel was assassinated¹⁰ some three weeks later.)

Ten years ago: Iraqi state television showed President Saddam Hussein meeting with a group of about 20 Western detainees, telling the group -- whom he described as "guests" -- that they were being held "to prevent the scourge¹¹ of war."

Five years ago: During a memorial service at Fort Myer, Virginia, President Clinton eulogized three US diplomats¹² killed in a road accident near Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and vowed¹³ to carry on the struggle for peace in the Balkans. "Life" magazine photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt died on Martha's Vineyard at age 96.

One year ago: The Dow Jones industrial average soared 199.15 to a new record of 11,209.84. Fifty years after the German government moved to the capital of Bonn, Berlin reclaimed¹⁴ its role as a center of power in Germany with the arrival of Chancellor¹⁵ Gerhard Schroeder.

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1 anarchists
无政府主义者( anarchist的名词复数 )
参考例句：
Anarchists demand the destruction of structures of oppression including the country itself. "无政府主义者要求摧毁包括国家本身在内的压迫人民的组织。 Unsurprisingly, Ms Baburova had a soft spot for anarchists. 没什么奇怪的，巴布罗娃女士倾向于无政府主义。

2 vindicated
v.澄清（某人/某事物）受到的责难或嫌疑( vindicate的过去式和过去分词 )；表明或证明（所争辩的事物）属实、正当、有效等；维护
参考例句：
I have every confidence that this decision will be fully vindicated. 我完全相信这一决定的正确性将得到充分证明。 Subsequent events vindicated the policy. 后来的事实证明那政策是对的。来自《简明英汉词典》

3 Nazi
n.纳粹分子，adj.纳粹党的，纳粹的
参考例句：
They declare the Nazi regime overthrown and sue for peace.他们宣布纳粹政权已被推翻，并出面求和。 Nazi closes those war criminals inside their concentration camp.纳粹把那些战犯关在他们的集中营里。

4 Soviet
adj.苏联的，苏维埃的；n.苏维埃
参考例句：
Zhukov was a marshal of the former Soviet Union.朱可夫是前苏联的一位元帅。 Germany began to attack the Soviet Union in 1941.德国在1941年开始进攻苏联。

5 axis
n.轴，轴线，中心线；坐标轴，基准线
参考例句：
The earth's axis is the line between the North and South Poles.地轴是南北极之间的线。 The axis of a circle is its diameter.圆的轴线是其直径。

6 librettist
n.(歌剧、音乐剧等的)歌词作者
参考例句：
The musician and the librettist were collaborators. 音乐家与剧作者通力合作。 Italian-born American composer and librettist whose operas include The Medium(1946) and The Consul(1950). 梅诺蒂，吉安卡洛生于1911意大利裔美国作曲家和歌剧词作者，其歌剧作品包括女巫（1946年）及领事（1950年）

7 vice
n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的
参考例句：
He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。 They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

8 Christian
adj.基督教徒的；n.基督教徒
参考例句：
They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。 His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。

9 militia
n.民兵，民兵组织
参考例句：
First came the PLA men,then the people's militia.人民解放军走在前面，其次是民兵。 There's a building guarded by the local militia at the corner of the street.街道拐角处有一幢由当地民兵团守卫的大楼。

10 assassinated
v.暗杀( assassinate的过去式和过去分词 )；中伤；诋毁；破坏
参考例句：
The prime minister was assassinated by extremists. 首相遭极端分子暗杀。 Then, just two days later, President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas. 跟着在两天以后，肯尼迪总统在达拉斯被人暗杀。来自辞典例句

11 scourge
n.灾难，祸害；v.蹂躏
参考例句：
Smallpox was once the scourge of the world.天花曾是世界的大患。 The new boss was the scourge of the inefficient.新老板来了以后，不称职的人就遭殃了。

12 diplomats
n.外交官( diplomat的名词复数 )；有手腕的人，善于交际的人
参考例句：
These events led to the expulsion of senior diplomats from the country. 这些事件导致一些高级外交官被驱逐出境。 The court has no jurisdiction over foreign diplomats living in this country. 法院对驻本国的外交官无裁判权。来自《简明英汉词典》

13 vowed
起誓，发誓（vow的过去式与过去分词形式）
参考例句：
He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。 I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。

14 reclaimed
adj.再生的；翻造的；收复的；回收的v.开拓( reclaim的过去式和过去分词 )；要求收回；从废料中回收（有用的材料）；挽救
参考例句：
Many sufferers have been reclaimed from a dependence on alcohol. 许多嗜酒成癖的受害者已经被挽救过来。来自《简明英汉词典》 They reclaimed him from his evil ways. 他们把他从邪恶中挽救出来。来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

15 chancellor
n.(英)大臣；法官；(德、奥)总理；大学校长
参考例句：
They submitted their reports to the Chancellor yesterday.他们昨天向财政大臣递交了报告。 He was regarded as the most successful Chancellor of modern times.他被认为是现代最成功的财政大臣。