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April 3rd, 1968In Memphis, Tennessee, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. gives this speech on the night before his assassination1: “We've got some difficult days ahead. But it really doesn't matter with me now. Because I have been to the mountaintop.”
1936, Bruno Richard Hauptmann is electrocuted in Trenton, New Jersey2 for the kidnap and murder of aviator3 Charles Lindbergh’s infant son.
1948, President Harry4 Truman signs the Marshall Plan. The eight-package helps Europe allies rebuild after World War II and resist Communism.
1882, Jesse James, the notorious Wild West outlaw5 is shot to death in St. Joseph, Missouri. Robert Ford6, a member of the James gang pulls the trigger. James’s brother Frank surrenders a month later.
1860, another iconic chapter from America’s Wild West years. The legendary7 Pony8 Express begins service between St. Joseph, Missouri and Sacramento, California.
And 1924, actor Marlon Brando was born in Omaha, Nebraska. Among his movie credits: “A Streetcar Named Desire,” "On the Waterfront" and "The Godfather". Today In History, April 3rd, Sandy Kozel, the Associated Press.
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1 assassination | |
n.暗杀;暗杀事件 | |
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2 jersey | |
n.运动衫 | |
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3 aviator | |
n.飞行家,飞行员 | |
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4 harry | |
vt.掠夺,蹂躏,使苦恼 | |
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5 outlaw | |
n.歹徒,亡命之徒;vt.宣布…为不合法 | |
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6 Ford | |
n.浅滩,水浅可涉处;v.涉水,涉过 | |
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7 legendary | |
adj.传奇(中)的,闻名遐迩的;n.传奇(文学) | |
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8 pony | |
adj.小型的;n.小马 | |
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