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April 16th, 2007A gunman opens fire on the campus of Virginia Tech, killing1 32 students and faculty2 members before killing himself. The number of the victims made the shooting the deadliest in modern U.S. history.
1947,The country3's deadliest industrial accident takes place in the harbor of Texas City, Texas. That's where the ships Grandcamp and the High Flyer, both carrying ammonium nitrate fertilizer, each explode, a day apart. The blasts resulting fires kill 576 people and injure 5,000 others.
1917,Communist revolutionary Vladimir Lenin returns to Russia, ending years of exile in Switzerland. Months later, Lenin's Bolshevik movement seizes power, establishing what becomes the Soviet3 Union.
1889,Charlie Chaplin, whose comic “Tramp” character made him one of the first big movie stars, is born in London.
1996,Britain's Prince Andrew and his wife Sarah, the Duchess of York, better known as “Fergie”, announce they are getting a divorce.
1964,Also in Britain, the Rolling Stones release their debut4 album “The Rolling Stones, England's Newest Hitmakers.”
And 2003,“I will be content innocence5 that my gave in with the basketball is much exactly gave it physically6.” Basketball great Michael Jordan plays his last NBA game, as he and his Washington Wizards lose to the Philadelphia 76ers.
Today in History, April 16th, David Melendy, the Associated Press.
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1 killing | |
n.巨额利润;突然赚大钱,发大财 | |
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2 faculty | |
n.才能;学院,系;(学院或系的)全体教学人员 | |
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3 Soviet | |
adj.苏联的,苏维埃的;n.苏维埃 | |
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4 debut | |
n.首次演出,初次露面 | |
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5 innocence | |
n.无罪;天真;无害 | |
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6 physically | |
adj.物质上,体格上,身体上,按自然规律 | |
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