历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-01-15

 January 15th, 1929Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. is born in Atlanta. King’s non-violent campaign to illegal segregation¹ of African-Americans in the South included the March on Washington.

“I have a dream. My four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today.”

1972President Richard Nixon suspends all U.S. offensive action in Vietnam, citing progress at the peace talks in Paris. That’s where peace agreement is signed days later, paving the way for the withdraw of U.S. troops from Vietnam.

1559England’s Queen Elizabeth I whose country rose on the world’s stage during her long rule is crowned in London’s Westminster Abbey.

1943Work is completed on the Pentagon, home of the Defense² department and one of the world’s largest office buildings.

And 1967The first Supperbowl takes place in Los Angles with the Green Bay Packers beat the Kansas City Chiefs, 35-10.

Today in History, January 15th, Carol Bradley, the Associated Press.

1 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。

2 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。