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April 1st, 2001. Slobodan Milo?evi? is arrested after a standoff outside his Belgrade villa1. The former Yugoslav leader is soon transported to the Netherlands to face charges before UN war crimes tribunal. Milo?evi? dies in custody2 5 years later while still on trial. 1945. American forces invade the Japanese island of Okinawa during the final months of WWII. The US secures the island after nearly 12 weeks of fighting that’s among the world's fiercest in the Pacific.
1933. Nazi3 Germany begins prosecuting4 Jews with the boycott5 of Jewish-owned businesses. Discrimination and violence against Jews increases under Nazi rule culminating in the Holocaust6.
2003. “This point she is safe, she’s been retrieved7, and some brave souls put their lives on the line to make this happen.” American troops rescue Army Private First Class Jessica Lynch from a hospital in Nasiriyah, Iraq. That’s where Lynch had been held prisoner since her unit was ambushed8 9 days earlier.
And 1984. “Oh, what’ going on, what’s going on, what’s going on, what’s going on, what’s going on…, soul singer Marvin Gay is shot to death by his father in Los Angeles. He was 45 years old.
Today in History, April 1st. Mike Gracia, the Associated Press.
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1 villa | |
n.别墅,城郊小屋 | |
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2 custody | |
n.监护,照看,羁押,拘留 | |
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3 Nazi | |
n.纳粹分子,adj.纳粹党的,纳粹的 | |
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4 prosecuting | |
检举、告发某人( prosecute的现在分词 ); 对某人提起公诉; 继续从事(某事物); 担任控方律师 | |
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5 boycott | |
n./v.(联合)抵制,拒绝参与 | |
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6 holocaust | |
n.大破坏;大屠杀 | |
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7 retrieved | |
v.取回( retrieve的过去式和过去分词 );恢复;寻回;检索(储存的信息) | |
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8 ambushed | |
v.埋伏( ambush的过去式和过去分词 );埋伏着 | |
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