历史上的今天-Today in History 2011-02-13

 February 13th, 1935In New Jersey¹, Bruno Richard Hauptmann is found guilty of first degree murder in the kidnapping and death of aviator² Charles Lingbergh’s infant son. The following year, Hauptmann dies in the electric chair insisting to the end that he is innocent.

1945 – During the final months of World War II, allied³ planes begin bombing raids on the German city of Dresden.

The raids which last for more than 2 months kill up to 135,000 people destroying 80% of the city.

1985 – Constantine Chernenko becomes the Soviet⁴ Union’s new leader when he is named General Secretary of the communist party.

Chernenko who succeeds the late Yuri Andropov dies the following year; Mikhail Gorbachev succeeds Chernenko.

1950Peter Gabriel, former lead singer of the rock band Genesis, whose solo career made rule for the  world music, is born in Surrey England.

And 2002 Waylon Jennings, the singer,songwriter who served that the outlaw⁵ brand of country music, dies in Chandler, Arizona. He was 64.

Today in History,February 13th,Sophia Manus the Associated Press.

1 jersey   

n.运动衫

参考例句：

• He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。
• They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致，都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。

2 aviator   

n.飞行家，飞行员

参考例句：

• The young aviator bragged of his exploits in the sky.那名年轻的飞行员吹嘘他在空中飞行的英勇事迹。
• Hundreds of admirers besieged the famous aviator.数百名爱慕者围困那个著名飞行员。

3 allied   

adj.协约国的；同盟国的

参考例句：

• Britain was allied with the United States many times in history.历史上英国曾多次与美国结盟。
• Allied forces sustained heavy losses in the first few weeks of the campaign.同盟国在最初几周内遭受了巨大的损失。

4 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。

5 outlaw   

n.歹徒，亡命之徒；vt.宣布…为不合法

参考例句：

• The outlaw hid out in the hills for several months.逃犯在山里隐藏了几个月。
• The outlaw has been caught.歹徒已被抓住了。