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January 16th, 1991. Start of Operation Desert Storm as American-led coalition1 begins bombing targets in Iraq and Kuwait. It happens after Saddam Hussein fails to meet a U.N. deadline on withdrawing from Kuwait. President George H. Bush: "Five months ago, Saddam Hussein started this cruel war against Kuwait. Tonight, the battle has been joined."2003. Space shuttle Columbia lifts off from Cape2 Canaveral, Florida on what turns out to be its final flight. The mission ends in tragedy when the shuttle disintegrates3 on re-entry with all of its crew lost.
1920. Prohibition4 takes effect across the United States barring the sale, manufacture and transport of alcoholic5 beverages6. The 18th Amendment7 to the Constitution establishing prohibition is repealed8 more than a decade later.
1979. Facing growing unrest the Shah of Iran flees into exile never to return. What soon follows, an Islamic fundamentalist regime led by the Ayatollah Khomeini replaces the Shah. Months later, dozens of Americans are taken hostage when the U.S. embassy is seized in Iran's capital, Tehran.
And 1964. In New York, the musical "Hello, Dolly!" starring Carol Channing opens on Broadway.
Today in History, January 16th, Ed Donahue, the Associated Press.
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1 coalition | |
n.结合体,同盟,结合,联合 | |
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2 cape | |
n.海角,岬;披肩,短披风 | |
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3 disintegrates | |
n.(使)破裂[分裂,粉碎],(使)崩溃( disintegrate的名词复数 )v.(使)破裂[分裂,粉碎],(使)崩溃( disintegrate的第三人称单数 ) | |
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4 prohibition | |
n.禁止;禁令,禁律 | |
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5 alcoholic | |
adj.(含)酒精的,由酒精引起的;n.酗酒者 | |
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6 beverages | |
n.饮料( beverage的名词复数 ) | |
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7 amendment | |
n.改正,修正,改善,修正案 | |
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8 repealed | |
撤销,废除( repeal的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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