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Today's Highlight in History: On this date: In 1916, Republican Jeannette Rankin of Montana became the first woman elected to Congress. In 1929, the Museum of Modern Art in New York City opened to the public. In 1940, the middle section of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge in Washington state collapsed2 during a windstorm. In 1944, President Roosevelt won an unprecedented3(空前的) fourth term in office, defeating Thomas E. Dewey. In 1962, Richard M. Nixon, having lost California's gubernatorial(州长的) race, held what he called his "last press conference," telling reporters, "You won't have Nixon to kick around(粗暴地对待) anymore." In 1972, President Nixon was re-elected in a landslide4 over Democrat5 George McGovern. In 1973, Congress overrode6 President Nixon's veto of the War Powers Act, which limits a chief executive's power to wage war(发动战争) without congressional approval. In 1980, actor Steve McQueen died in Juarez, Mexico, at age 50. In 1989, L. Douglas Wilder won the governor's race in Virginia, becoming the first elected black governor in US history; David N. Dinkins was elected New York City's first black mayor. Ten years ago: In some of her strongest remarks during the Persian Gulf7 crisis, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher8 warned Iraqi President Saddam Hussein that time was "running out" for a peaceful solution. Five years ago: In a Japanese courtroom, three American military men admitted to the ambush-rape of a 12-year-old Okinawan schoolgirl, an attack that outraged9(震惊,气愤) the Japanese and strained security ties between Japan and the US. (The men later received prison sentences ranging from six and a-half to seven years.) One year ago: Relatives of the victims of EgyptAir Flight 990 gathered in Newport, Rhode Island, to bid them a wrenching10 farewell, a week after the plane crashed into the Atlantic Ocean. Tiger Woods became the first golfer since Ben Hogan in 1953 to win four straight tournaments(比赛,竞赛). Kenya's Joseph Chebet won the New York City Marathon; Adriana Fernandez won the women's division. 点击收听单词发音
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