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(单词翻译:双击或拖选)
April 5th, 1986 A bombing at a disco in what's then West Berlin kills an American soldier and a Turkish woman. The US retaliates1 more a week later with an air-raid on Libya narrowly missing its leader Moammar Gadhafi.
1964, "Old soldiers never die, they just fade away." General Douglas MacArthur dies in Washington at age 84. MacArthur led US forces in the Pacific during World War II and the Korean War also overseen2 the occupation of Japan.
1856, Booker T. Washington, the African-American educator who found the Tuskegee Institute, is born in Franklin county, Virginia. 1972, reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes dies at age 72 of being flown from Acapulco, Mexico to Houston to seek medical treatment.
And 1984, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar becomes the highest-scoring player in NBA history, a record which he holds to this day. And 2006, "Sometimes I think change is a good thing."Katie Couric says she is leaving NBC's today show to become anchor of the CBS Evening News. She is the first woman hired to be the solo3 anchor of network evening news cast.
Today In History, April 5th, Mike Gracia, the Associated Press.
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1 retaliates | |
v.报复,反击( retaliate的第三人称单数 ) | |
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2 overseen | |
v.监督,监视( oversee的过去分词 ) | |
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3 solo | |
n.独奏,独唱;adj.单独的;adv.单独地;v.放单飞,单独表演 | |
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