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October 9th, 1967, Che Guevara, the Latin-American guerrilla leader is executed in Bolivia for trying to spark a revolution. Guevara who added Fidel Castro’s rised power in Cuba remains1 a global icon2 to this day.
2001, letters with the New Jersey3 postmark that later test positive for anthrax spots are mailed to Capitol Hill. They are addressed to 2 Democratic Senators Tom Daschle of South Dakota and Patrick Leahy of Vermont. A Senator office building is later closed for months of clean-up, part of the nations anthrax scare after the September 11th attacks.
1985, Palestinian hijackers who seized the cruise liner “Achille Lauro” surrender after the ship arrives in Egypt. It marks the end of a hostage ordeal4 in the Mediterranean5 that left an American passenger dead.
1975, Andrei Sakharov, the nuclear physicist6 and human rights advocate in what’s then the Soviet7 Union, wins the Nobel Peace Prize.
2006, North Korea announces detailed8 conducted its first nuclear weapons test, drawing condemnation9 from around the world.
Also that year, Internet search giant Google announced it was snapping up “You Tube” at ﹩1.65 billion stock deal.
And 1940 “Imagine all the people. Living life in peace…”John Lennon, one of the fad10 four members of the Beatles, is born in Liverpool Anfield.
Today in History. October 9th. Jon Belmont, the Associated Press.
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1 remains | |
n.剩余物,残留物;遗体,遗迹 | |
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n.偶像,崇拜的对象,画像 | |
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4 ordeal | |
n.苦难经历,(尤指对品格、耐力的)严峻考验 | |
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5 Mediterranean | |
adj.地中海的;地中海沿岸的 | |
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6 physicist | |
n.物理学家,研究物理学的人 | |
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7 Soviet | |
adj.苏联的,苏维埃的;n.苏维埃 | |
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adj.详细的,详尽的,极注意细节的,完全的 | |
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n.谴责; 定罪 | |
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10 fad | |
n.时尚;一时流行的狂热;一时的爱好 | |
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