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Today's Highlight in History:
On November 25th, 1963, the body of President Kennedy was laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery1(阿灵顿国家公墓).
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In 1758, in the French and Indian War, the British captured Fort Duquesne in present-day Pittsburgh.
In 1783, the British evacuated2(撤离) New York, their last military position in the United States during the Revolutionary War.
In 1835, American industrialist3 Andrew Carnegie was born in Dunfermline, Scotland.
In 1920, radio station WTAW of College Station, Texas, broadcast the first play-by-play description of a football game, between the University of Texas and Texas A&M.
In 1957, President Eisenhower suffered a slight stroke.
In 1973, Greek President George Papadopoulos was ousted4 in a bloodless military coup5.
In 1974, former UN Secretary-General U Thant died in New York at age 65.
In 1980, Sugar Ray Leonard regained6 the World Boxing Council welterweight(次重量级拳击手) championship when Roberto Duran abruptly7(突然地) quit in the eighth round at the Louisiana Superdome.
In 1986, the Iran-Contra affair erupted(爆发) as President Reagan and Attorney General Edwin Meese revealed that profits from secret arms sales to Iran had been diverted to(转入,转向) Nicaraguan rebels.
In 1987, Harold Washington, the first black mayor of Chicago, died in office at age 65.
Ten years ago: Poland held its first popular presidential election. (Solidarity团结 founder8 Lech Walesa, who received a plurality复数性,大多数 of votes, won a runoff决定性竞赛 the following month.)
Five years ago: In his weekly radio address, President Clinton appealed to America's values and interests as he pleaded for support for the Bosnia peace agreement. Serbs in the Bosnian capital Sarajevo took to the streets by the thousands to protest the peace plan, vowing9 to fight to the death.
One year ago: Five-year-old Elian Gonzalez was rescued by a pair of sport fishermen off the coast of Florida. Elian was one of three survivors10 from a boat carrying 14 Cubans that had sunk two days earlier in the Atlantic Ocean; his rescue set off an international custody11 battle(争夺监护权) between relatives in Miami and Elian's father in Cuba.
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cemetery
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n.坟墓,墓地,坟场 | |
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evacuated
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industrialist
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ousted
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驱逐( oust的过去式和过去分词 ); 革职; 罢黜; 剥夺 | |
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coup
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regained
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复得( regain的过去式和过去分词 ); 赢回; 重回; 复至某地 | |
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abruptly
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adv.突然地,出其不意地 | |
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Founder
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n.创始者,缔造者 | |
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起誓,发誓(vow的现在分词形式) | |
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survivors
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幸存者,残存者,生还者( survivor的名词复数 ) | |
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custody
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n.监护,照看,羁押,拘留 | |
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