历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-08-30

 August 30th, 1862During the American Civil War, the second battle of Bull Run ends in Manassas, Virginia. Union forces are defeated by the Confederates on the site of the war's first major clash the previous year.

1967In Washington, the Senate confirms Thurgood Marshall as the first black justice on the US Supreme¹ Court. Years later, Marshall tells students at his alma mater Howard University not to rest upon past civil rights achievements. “You can't stand still. You must move, and if you don't move, they will run over you.”

1983Guion Bluford, Junior becomes the first black astronaut in space, blasting off aboard Space Shuttle Challenger.

1797Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, the novelist who created the horror story Frankenstein, is born in London.

1905Baseball's Ty Cobb makes his major league debut² with the Detroit Tigers. He hits a double in his first at-bat in a game against the New York Highlanders. The Tigers win, 5:3.

And 1993"if you are thinking about all i really did was to take the summer off."Completing his move from NBC, talk show host David Letterman debuts³ on CBS with his late show.

Today in History, August 30th, Camille Bohannon, the Associated Press.

1 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

2 debut   

n.首次演出，初次露面

参考例句：

• That same year he made his Broadway debut, playing a suave radio journalist.在那同一年里，他初次在百老汇登台，扮演一个温文而雅的电台记者。
• The actress made her debut in the new comedy.这位演员在那出新喜剧中首次登台演出。

3 debuts   

演员首次演出( debut的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• He never really debuts the idea of taking money from his parents any longer. 他从此就再也没有认真起过向父母要钱的念头。
• This young soprano debuts next month at the metropolitan opera. 这位年轻的女高音歌唱家下个月将在纽约大都会歌剧院举行首演。