历史上的今天-Today in History 2014-01-23

 January 23rd, 1973President Richard Nixon announces an accord has been reached to end American’s military role in the Vietnam War.

“We today have concluded an agreement to end the war and bring peace with honor in Vietnam and in Southeast Asia.”

More than two years later South Vietnam falls to North Vietnam. And the country is reunified under Communist rule.

1968 North Korea seizes the USS Pueblo¹, charging the crew of the Navy intelligence ship with being on a spying mission in its waters. Pyongyang releases the crew 11 months later.

1977 The TV miniseries roots based on Alex Haley’s novel begins airing on ABC. The saga² about an African slave and his descendants in America becomes a ratings and cultural sensation.

2004 Bob Keeshan, who entertains children for decades as TV’s Captain Kangaroo, dies in Vermont at age 76.

And 2005 Johnny Carson, host of the Tonight Show from the 60s into the early 90s, dies in Malibu, California at age 79.

Today in History, January 23rd, Sandy Kozel, the Associated Press.

1 pueblo   

n.（美国西南部或墨西哥等）印第安人的村庄

参考例句：

• For over 2,000 years,Pueblo peoples occupied a vast region of the south-western United States.在长达2，000多年的时间里，印第安人统治着现在美国西南部的大片土地。
• The cross memorializes the Spanish victims of the 1680 revolt,when the region's Pueblo Indians rose up in violent protest against their mistreatment and burned the cit

2 saga   

n.(尤指中世纪北欧海盗的)故事，英雄传奇

参考例句：

• The saga of Flight 19 is probably the most repeated story about the Bermuda Triangle.飞行19中队的传说或许是有关百慕大三角最重复的故事。
• The novel depicts the saga of a family.小说描绘了一个家族的传奇故事。