历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-02-19

 February 19th, 1945In the final months of World War II, some thirty thousand US marines begin landing in Iwo Jima, that's where they fight months-long battle to seize the rest of the Pacific island from Japanese forces.

1942Also during World War II, President Franklin D. Roosevelt adopts a controversial policy on the American's Home Front, he gave the US military authority to relocate and detain Japanese-Americans as well as Japanese nationals living in the US. More than four decades later the government apologizes for the policy and pays money to surviving Japanese-Americans. 1473Nicolas Coprenicus, the astronomer¹ who concluded the sun, not the earth is at the center of our solar system is born in Poland. 1997Deng Xiaoping, the last of China’s major Communist revolutionary dies in Beijing, at age 92. His rules are China embrace free economic reforms and the Tiananmen Square Massacre².

And 1940Singer and song writer Smokey Robinson, one of voices who shape the Motown Sound of the 60's, is born in Detroit.

Today in History, February 19th, Brian Thomas, the Associated Press.

1 astronomer   

n.天文学家

参考例句：

• A new star attracted the notice of the astronomer.新发现的一颗星引起了那位天文学家的注意。
• He is reputed to have been a good astronomer.他以一个优秀的天文学者闻名于世。

2 massacre   

n.残杀，大屠杀；v.残杀，集体屠杀

参考例句：

• There was a terrible massacre of villagers here during the war.在战争中，这里的村民惨遭屠杀。
• If we forget the massacre,the massacre will happen again!忘记了大屠杀，大屠杀就有可能再次发生！