Today's Highlight in History:
On August 26th, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson was nominated for a term of office in his own right at the Democratic national convention in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
On this date:
In 55 B.C., Roman forces under Julius Caesar invaded Britain.
In 1847, Liberia was proclaimed an independent republic.
In 1883, the island volcano Krakatoa began erupting with increasingly large explosions.
In 1920, the 19th amendment to the US Constitution, guaranteeing American women the right to vote, was declared in effect.
In 1957, the Soviet Union announced it had successfully tested an intercontinental ballistic missile.
In 1961, the official International Hockey Hall of Fame opened in Toronto.
In 1972, the summer Olympics games opened in Munich, West Germany.
In 1974, Charles Lindbergh -- the first man to fly solo, non-stop across the Atlantic -- died at his home in Hawaii at age 72.
In 1978, Cardinal Albino Luciani of Venice was elected the 264th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church following the death of Paul the Sixth. The new pontiff took the name Pope John Paul the First.
In 1985, thirteen-year-old AIDS patient Ryan White began attending classes at Western Middle School in Kokomo, Indiana, via a telephone hook-up at his home -- school officials had barred Ryan from attending classes in person.
Ten years ago: Fifty-five Americans who had been evacuated from the US Embassy in Kuwait left Baghdad by car, headed for the Turkish border. The bodies of two slain college students were found in their off-campus apartment in Gainesville, Florida; three more bodies were discovered in the days that followed, setting off a wave of panic.
Five years ago: In his weekly radio address, President Clinton explained his decision to impose a two-year moratorium on mining claims on 4500 acres of federal land near the northeast corner of Yellowstone National Park, saying the land was more priceless than gold.
One year ago: Attorney General Janet Reno pledged that a new investigation of the 1993 Waco, Texas, siege would get to the bottom of how the FBI used potentially flammable tear gas grenades against her wishes and then took six years to admit it.
学英语常见误区提示
西班牙、意大利商业地产市场几近崩盘
美文阅读 爱情太短,遗忘太长(中英)
小学英语课堂游戏:五问猜人
研究显示全球技术人才短缺
巴菲特看好潜在收购机会
关于教育的英语名人名言
英语课堂游戏:抢答字母组
小学英语课堂游戏:连锁提问
美国女博士为关注内在 坚持一年不照镜子
小学英语课堂游戏:字母滚雪球
英语学习:提高英语听力逆向训练方法
My Very First Love 我的初恋
Teacher's Day Greeting 教师节的祝福
小学英语课堂游戏:看图写单词
英语课堂游戏:听音摘字母比赛
小学英语课堂游戏:看图猜词
网络墓园
难以预测的美元走势
莫言获诺贝尔文学奖
新概念英语第二册我们如何学习
两条面包
新概念英语中使役动词
爱的限度就是无限度地去爱
“财政悬崖”将冲击美国大部分家庭
地震来了 如何保护孩子
20万人逃离叙利亚城市阿勒颇
英语课堂游戏:看病
凡客诚品试水海外生产
弄错了会很尴尬的英文
不限 |
英语教案 |
英语课件 |
英语试题 |
不限 |
不限 |
上册 |
下册 |
不限 |