历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-01-21
时间:2015-09-01 02:30:09
搜索关注在线英语听力室公众号:tingroom,领取免费英语资料大礼包。
(单词翻译)
January 21st, 1793. In Paris, the French Revolution turns bloody1 as King Louis XVI condemned2 for treason is executed on the guillotine.
1924. Vladimir Lenin, the Russian revolutionary who founded the
Soviet3 Union, the world’s first Communist state, dies in Moscow.
1950. In New York, a case is the flashpoint of the American politics during the early years of the Cold War. Alger
Hiss4, the former State Department official, accused of being part of a Communist spy ring is found guilty of lying to a grand jury. Hiss, who always maintained his
innocence5, serves less than four years in prison.
1977. President Jimmy Carter pardons almost all Vietnam War draft evaders, keeping his promise he made on the campaign trail.
“And I’m not gonna say all those young people are guilty or not guilty. I’m just gonna say what you did but was right or wrong. You are forgiven for it. Come on back home.”
1976. Supersonic Concorde jet rolls in the service for the first time, beginning a run that lasts for nearly three decades.
And 1942. Count Basie and his orchestra, one of the most popular big bands in the U.S., recall their hit, One O’clock Jump.
Today in History, January 21st, Tim Maguire, the Associated Press.
分享到: