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today's highlight in history: on this date: in 1869, the suez canal opened in egypt. in 1917, 3(雕刻家) august rodin died in meudon, france. in 1925, actor rock hudson was born in winnetka, illinois. in 1934, lyndon baines johnson married claudia alta taylor, better known as "lady bird." in 1962, washington's dulles international airport was 4 by president kennedy. in 1970, the 5 union landed an unmanned, remote-controlled vehicle on the moon, the "lunokhod one." in 1973, president nixon told associated press managing editors meeting in orlando, florida, "people have got to know whether or not their president is a 6(恶棍). well, i'm not a crook." in 1979, iran's ayatollah khomeini ordered the release of 13 female and black american hostages being held at the us embassy in tehran. in 1997, 62 people, most of them foreign tourists, were killed when six 7 opened fire at the temple of hatshepsut in luxor, egypt; the attackers were killed by police. ten years ago: president bush, on the first visit to czechoslovakia by a us president, told a cheering crowd of 100,000 in prague that "america will stand with you" through hard times ahead. five years ago: the commander of us forces in the pacific called the 8 of a 12-year-old okinawan girl "absolutely stupid" and said in washington the incident could have been avoided if the us servicemen involved had simply paid for sex. (admiral richard c. macke later apologized for his remarks, and took early 9.) one year ago: officials close to the 10 into the crash of egyptair flight 990 said a relief co-pilot alone in the cockpit(驾驶舱) had said, in arabic: "i made my decision now; i put my faith in god's hands" just before the jetliner(喷气客机) began its fatal 11. (in egypt, relatives angrily rejected any notion that relief co-pilot gameel el-batouty had 12 crashed the plane.) 点击收听单词发音
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