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The Reverend Martin Luther King, Junior is assassinated1 on a hotel balcony in Memphis, Tennessee. The civil rights leader was 39 years old. “And I've seen the Promised Land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the Promised Land!” James Earl Ray, King's confessed assassin, who later claimed his innocence2, spends the rest of his life behind bars.
1841,In Washington, President William Henry Harrison dies of pneumonia3, just one month after his inauguration4. Harrison is the first U.S. chief executive to die in office and his presidency5 remains6 the briefest.
1974,
In Cincinnati, Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves hits his 714th career home run tying baseball great Babe Ruth's record. Aaron breaks that record days later.
And 1928,
“The horizon leans forward, offering you space to place new steps of change.”
Today in History, April 4th, Sandy Kozel, the Associated Press.
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1 assassinated | |
v.暗杀( assassinate的过去式和过去分词 );中伤;诋毁;破坏 | |
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2 innocence | |
n.无罪;天真;无害 | |
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3 pneumonia | |
n.肺炎 | |
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4 inauguration | |
n.开幕、就职典礼 | |
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5 presidency | |
n.总统(校长,总经理)的职位(任期) | |
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6 remains | |
n.剩余物,残留物;遗体,遗迹 | |
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7 activist | |
n.活动分子,积极分子 | |
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