Today's Highlight in History:
On August 27th, 1975, Haile Selassie, the last emperor of Ethiopia's 3,000-year-old monarchy, died in Addis Ababa at age 83 almost a year after he was overthrown in a military coup.
On this date:
In 1770, German philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel was born in Stuttgart.
In 1883, the island volcano Krakatoa blew up; the resulting tidal waves in Indonesia's Sunda Strait claimed some 36,000 lives in Java and Sumatra.
In 1892, fire seriously damaged New York's original Metropolitan Opera House.
In 1894, Congress passed the Wilson-Gorman Tariff Act, which contained a provision for a graduated income tax that was later struck down by the Supreme Court.
In 1908, Lyndon B. Johnson, the 36th president of the United States, was born near Stonewall, Texas.
In 1928, the Kellogg-Briand Pact was signed in Paris, outlawing war and providing for the peaceful settlement of disputes.
In 1945, American troops began landing in Japan following the surrender of the Japanese government in World War Two.
In 1962, the United States launched the Mariner Two space probe, which flew past Venus the following December.
In 1967, Brian Epstein, manager of the Beatles, was found dead in his London flat from an overdose of sleeping pills.
In 1979, British war hero Lord Louis Mountbatten was killed off the coast of Ireland in a boat explosion claimed by the Irish Republican Army.
Ten years ago: Fifty-two Americans reached freedom in Turkey after they were allowed to leave Iraq; three young men originally in the group, however, were detained by the Iraqis. In Washington, the State Department ordered the expulsion of 36 Iraqi diplomats.
Five years ago: American and Chinese officials agreed to begin planning a fall summit between President Clinton and Chinese President Jiang Zemin.
One year ago: The Federal Communications Commission announced new government wiretapping rules intended to help law enforcement authorities keep pace with advances in phone technology. (However, a federal appeals court later threw out some of the new rules, citing privacy concerns.)
重庆合川区2017高考英语阅读理解九月指导题:7(含解析)
2017届高考英语一轮豫皖京闽粤地区通用复习课件:book3 Unit 7《the sea》(北师大版)
2017届高考英语一轮豫皖京闽粤地区通用复习课件:book8 Unit 23《conflict》(北师大版)
辽宁省大连市庄河市2017高考英语短文语法填空一轮练习:3(含解析)
2017届高考英语一轮豫皖京闽粤地区通用复习课件:book3 Unit 9《wheels》(北师大版)
2017届高考英语一轮豫皖京闽粤地区通用复习课件:book1 Unit 2《heroes》(北师大版)
2017届高考英语一轮豫皖京闽粤地区通用复习课件:book2 Unit 5《rhythm》(北师大版)
江西省萍乡市莲花县2017高考英语书面表达一轮选编:3(含范文)
2017届高考英语一轮豫皖京闽粤地区通用复习课件:book5 Unit 14《careers》(北师大版)
2017届高考英语一轮豫皖京闽粤地区通用复习课件:book5 Unit 15《learning》(北师大版)
重庆合川区2017高考英语阅读理解九月指导题:4(含解析)
2017届高考英语一轮豫皖京闽粤地区通用复习课件:book1 Unit 1《lifestyles》(北师大版)
2017届高考英语新人教版必修5一轮复习《创新设计》课件:Unit 1《Great Scientists》Period 2
辽宁省大连市庄河市2017高考英语短文语法填空一轮练习:2(含解析)
2017届高考英语新人教版必修5一轮复习《创新设计》课件:Unit 1《Great Scientists》Period 3
重庆合川区2017高考英语阅读理解九月指导题:8(含解析)
江西省萍乡市莲花县2017高考英语书面表达一轮选编:4(含范文)
2017届高考英语新人教版必修5一轮复习《创新设计》课件:Unit 3《Life in the future》Period 1
重庆合川区2017高考英语阅读理解九月指导题:9(含解析)
2017届高考英语一轮豫皖京闽粤地区通用复习课件:book1 Unit 2《celebration》(北师大版)
2017届高考英语一轮豫皖京闽粤地区通用复习课件:book8 Unit 22《environmental protection》(北师大版)
辽宁省大连市庄河市2017高考英语短文语法填空一轮练习:4(含解析)
2017届高考英语一轮豫皖京闽粤地区通用复习课件:book5 Unit 13《people》(北师大版)
2017届高考英语一轮豫皖京闽粤地区通用复习课件:book7 Unit 19 language》(北师大版)
重庆合川区2017高考英语阅读理解九月指导题:1(含解析)
辽宁省大连市庄河市2017高考英语短文语法填空一轮练习:5(含解析)
2017届高考英语一轮豫皖京闽粤地区通用复习课件:book8 Unit 24《society》(北师大版)
2017届高考英语一轮豫皖京闽粤地区通用复习课件:book4 Unit 11《the media》(北师大版)
江西省萍乡市莲花县2017高考英语书面表达一轮选编:5(含范文)
2017届高考英语新人教版必修5一轮复习《创新设计》课件:Unit 1《Great Scientists》Period 1
不限 |
英语教案 |
英语课件 |
英语试题 |
不限 |
不限 |
上册 |
下册 |
不限 |