历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-07-26

 July 26th, 1948. President Harry¹ Truman signs an executive order to effectively end racial segregation² in the US military. It happens a year after Truman signs the National Security Act, which creates the Defense³ Department and the CIA.

1953. Fidel Castro leads the group of rebels in a failed attack on the Moncada army barracks in eastern Cuba. More than 5 years later, Castro ousts⁴ Fulgencio Batista from power and begins his own decades-long rule in Havana.

1952. Eva Peron, Argentina’s charismatic First Lady, also known as Evita, dies of cancer in Buenos Aires. She was 33.

1856. Play writer George Bernard Shaw is born in Dublin, Ireland. Shaw’s work Pygmalion served as the basis for the Broadway musical My Fair Lady.

And 1948.

“You can’t always get what you want, you can’t always get what you want…”

Mick Jagger,front man of the rock band the Rolling Stones is born in Dartford, England.

Today in History, July 26. Sandy Kozel, the Associated Press.

1 harry   

vt.掠夺，蹂躏，使苦恼

参考例句：

• Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天，人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
• Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。

2 segregation   

n.隔离，种族隔离

参考例句：

• Many school boards found segregation a hot potato in the early 1960s.在60年代初，许多学校部门都觉得按水平分班是一个棘手的问题。
• They were tired to death of segregation and of being kicked around.他们十分厌恶种族隔离和总是被人踢来踢去。

3 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

4 ousts   

驱逐( oust的第三人称单数 )； 革职； 罢黜； 剥夺

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