历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-04-05

 April 5th, 1986 A bombing at a disco in what's then West Berlin kills an American soldier and a Turkish woman. The US retaliates¹ more a week later with an air-raid on Libya narrowly missing its leader Moammar Gadhafi.

1964, "Old soldiers never die, they just fade away." General Douglas MacArthur dies in Washington at age 84. MacArthur led US forces in the Pacific during World War II and the Korean War also overseen² the occupation of Japan.

1856, Booker T. Washington, the African-American educator who found the Tuskegee Institute, is born in Franklin county, Virginia. 1972, reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes dies at age 72 of being flown from Acapulco, Mexico to Houston to seek medical treatment.

And 1984, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar becomes the highest-scoring player in NBA history, a record which he holds to this day. And 2006, "Sometimes I think change is a good thing."Katie Couric says she is leaving NBC's today show to become anchor of the CBS Evening News. She is the first woman hired to be the solo³ anchor of network evening news cast.

Today In History, April 5th, Mike Gracia, the Associated Press.

1 retaliates   

v.报复，反击( retaliate的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• Lincoln suggests Si Tan pauses, the letter that writes acrimonious of a content retaliates that fellow. 林肯建议斯坦顿，写一封内容尖刻的信回敬那家伙。 来自互联网
• If it does not, and the US imposes tariffs and China retaliates, what then? 如果它不让步，而美国开征关税，中国加以报复，接下来会怎样？ 来自互联网

2 overseen   

v.监督，监视( oversee的过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He was overseen stealing the letters. 他被人撞见在偷信件。 来自辞典例句
• It will be overseen by ThomasLi, director of IBM China Research Laboratory. 该实验室由IBM中国研究院院长李实恭(ThomasLi)引导。 来自互联网

3 solo   

n.独奏，独唱；adj.单独的；adv.单独地；v.放单飞，单独表演

参考例句：

• Tara is currently working on a solo album.塔拉眼下正忙着制作个人专辑。
• There's wonderfully lyrical flute solo in the middle of this symphony.在交响乐中间有一段奇妙的抒情长笛独奏。