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历史上的今天-Today in History 2011-06-19

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 June 19th, 1953Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are executed in the electric chair at Sing Sing Prison in Ossining, New York. They were convicted of conspiring1 to pass U.S. atomic secrets to the Soviet2 Union, a case that gripped America early in the Cold War.

1910,Father's Day is celebrated3 for the first time in the United States in Spokane, Washington.
1865,In Galveston, Texas, the event behind the celebration known as “Juneteenth”. Union troops arrive with news that America's Civil War is over, and that all slaves in the defeated South are free.
1947,“All the things that artist writers try to do is to push against frontiers. ” Salman Rushdie, author of the novel “The Satanic Verses”, is born in Mumbai, India. Rushdie spent a decade in hiding after Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini ordered Muslims to kill him, because his book allegedly insulted Islam.
1986,Len Bias4, the University of Maryland basketball star, suffers a fatal cocaine5 induced seizure6. It happens just days after the Boston Celtics choose him as their first pick in the NBA's draft.
And 1962,Straight up now tell meDo you really want to love me forever (oh oh oh)Singer and dancer Paula Abdul, one of the judges on Fox TV's talent show “American Idol”, is born in San Fernando, California.
Today in History, June 19th, Camille Bohannon, the Associated Press.

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1 conspiring 6ea0abd4b4aba2784a9aa29dd5b24fa0     
密谋( conspire的现在分词 )； 搞阴谋； （事件等）巧合； 共同导致
参考例句：
  • They were accused of conspiring against the king. 他们被指控阴谋反对国王。
  • John Brown and his associates were tried for conspiring to overthrow the slave states. 约翰·布朗和他的合伙者们由于密谋推翻实行奴隶制度的美国各州而被审讯。
2 Soviet Sw9wR     
adj.苏联的，苏维埃的；n.苏维埃
参考例句：
  • Zhukov was a marshal of the former Soviet Union.朱可夫是前苏联的一位元帅。
  • Germany began to attack the Soviet Union in 1941.德国在1941年开始进攻苏联。
3 celebrated iwLzpz     
adj.有名的，声誉卓著的
参考例句：
  • He was soon one of the most celebrated young painters in England.不久他就成了英格兰最负盛名的年轻画家之一。
  • The celebrated violinist was mobbed by the audience.观众团团围住了这位著名的小提琴演奏家。
4 bias 0QByQ     
n.偏见，偏心，偏袒；vt.使有偏见
参考例句：
  • They are accusing the teacher of political bias in his marking.他们在指控那名教师打分数有政治偏见。
  • He had a bias toward the plan.他对这项计划有偏见。
5 cocaine VbYy4     
n.可卡因，古柯碱（用作局部麻醉剂）
参考例句：
  • That young man is a cocaine addict.那个年轻人吸食可卡因成瘾。
  • Don't have cocaine abusively.不可滥服古柯碱。
6 seizure FsSyO     
n.没收；占有；抵押
参考例句：
  • The seizure of contraband is made by customs.那些走私品是被海关没收的。
  • The courts ordered the seizure of all her property.法院下令查封她所有的财产。

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