历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-10-04

 October 4th, 1957Dawn of the Space Age, as the Soviet¹ Union launches Sputnik, the first man-made satellite, into orbit.

1993A bloody² battle in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu. Two US Blackhawk helicopters are shot down, while gun battles rage between American forces and guerrilla fighters. Amid the fighting, dozens of Somalis drag the body of an American soldier through the city's streets. President Bill Clinton soon decides to withdraw US troops from Somalia by the following year. 1895Buster Keaton, one of the great comedy stars of the silent movie era, is born in Piqua, Kansas.

And 1970Rock singer Janis Joplin is found dead of an accidental heroin³ overdose in her Hollywood hotel room. Joplin, a music icon⁴ for the sixties counterculture, was 27 years old. Today in History, October 4th, Camille Bohannon, the Associated Press.

1 Soviet   

adj.苏联的，苏维埃的；n.苏维埃

参考例句：

• Zhukov was a marshal of the former Soviet Union.朱可夫是前苏联的一位元帅。
• Germany began to attack the Soviet Union in 1941.德国在1941年开始进攻苏联。

2 bloody   

adj.非常的的；流血的；残忍的；adv.很；vt.血染

参考例句：

• He got a bloody nose in the fight.他在打斗中被打得鼻子流血。
• He is a bloody fool.他是一个十足的笨蛋。

3 heroin   

n.海洛因

参考例句：

• Customs have made their biggest ever seizure of heroin.海关查获了有史以来最大的一批海洛因。
• Heroin has been smuggled out by sea.海洛因已从海上偷运出境。

4 icon   

n.偶像，崇拜的对象，画像

参考例句：

• They found an icon in the monastery.他们在修道院中发现了一个圣像。
• Click on this icon to align or justify text.点击这个图标使文本排齐。