历史上的今天-Today in History 2014-11-05

 November 5th, 1940, “My conscience will not let me turn my back upon a call to service.” Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes the only American president to win an unprecedented¹ third term in office. Roosevelt serves as president for a total of more than 12 years, longer than any other when he dies months into his fourth term.

1968, Richard Nixon narrowly wins the White House, 8 years after his close loss to John F. Kennedy. With the nation divided over the Vietnam War, President-elect Nixon promises the Americans: “This will be an open administration. Open to new ideas; open to men and women of both parties; open to the critics as long as those who support us. We wanna bridge the generation gap; we wanna bridge the gap between the races; we wanna bring the America together. ” 1994, former President Ronald Regan reveals that he has Alzheimer's disease. He dies nearly 10 years later.

Also in 1994, George Foreman becomes boxing’s oldest heavyweight champion at age 45. “I just wanna go out there. Show the world that 45 and 55 is not a death sentence. We can do anything we wanna do.” Foreman knocks out Michael Moorer in the 10th round of their fight in Las Vegas..

And 1989, pianist Vladamir Horowitz dies in New York. He was 86 years old.

Today in History. November 5th. Sandy Kozel, the Associated Press.

1 unprecedented   

adj.无前例的，新奇的

参考例句：

• The air crash caused an unprecedented number of deaths.这次空难的死亡人数是空前的。
• A flood of this sort is really unprecedented.这样大的洪水真是十年九不遇。