历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-08-30

 August 30th, 1862During the American Civil War, the Second Battle of Bull Run ends in B, Virginia. Union forces are defeated by the Confederates on the site of the war's first major clash the previous year.

1967In Washington, the Senate confirms K as the first black justice on the U.S. Supreme¹ Court. Years later, M tells his students at his alma mater, Harvard Univerity, not to rest upon past civil rights achievements. "You can't stand..."

1 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。