历史上的今天-Today in History 2011-01-23

 January 23rd 1973 President Richard Nixon announces that an accord has been reached to end America’s military role in the Vietnam War.We today have concluded an agreement to end the war and bring peace with honor in Vietnam and in Southeast Asia.More than two years later,South Vietnam falls to North Vietnam and the country is reunified under communist rule. 1968  North Korea ceases the U.S.S Pueblo¹ charging the crew of the Navy Intelligence Ship with being on a spying mission in its waters.Pyongyang releases the crew 11 months later.

1977 – The tv miniseries “Roots” based on a Alex Haley novel begins airing on ABC.  The saga² about an African slave and his descendants in America becomes a ratings and cultural sensation.

And 2004, Bob Keeshan,who entertained children for decades as TV's Captain Kangaroo, dies in Vermont at age 76.

And 2005 ,Johnny Carson ,host of The Tonight  Show  from the 60s into the early 70s  dies in Malibu ,califoria at age 79.    Today in History ,January 23rd ,Sandy Kozel the Assoicated Press.

1 pueblo   

n.（美国西南部或墨西哥等）印第安人的村庄

参考例句：

• For over 2,000 years,Pueblo peoples occupied a vast region of the south-western United States.在长达2，000多年的时间里，印第安人统治着现在美国西南部的大片土地。
• The cross memorializes the Spanish victims of the 1680 revolt,when the region's Pueblo Indians rose up in violent protest against their mistreatment and burned the cit

2 saga   

n.(尤指中世纪北欧海盗的)故事，英雄传奇

参考例句：

• The saga of Flight 19 is probably the most repeated story about the Bermuda Triangle.飞行19中队的传说或许是有关百慕大三角最重复的故事。
• The novel depicts the saga of a family.小说描绘了一个家族的传奇故事。