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December 29th 1916Noblemen in Russia murder Grigori Rasputin, a monk1 with powerful influence over the country's royal family. But Rasputin proves hard to kill. First, he's poisoned, then shot twice before he finally dies from drowning after being thrown into an icy river. The Russian Revolution topples the monarchy2 the following year.
1890. In South Dakota, the Wounded Knee massacre3 takes place as some three hundreds Sioux Indians are killed by US troops sent to disarm4 them.
1845. "There is a yellow rose in Texas that I'm going to see." Texas, a former Mexican territory turning an independent republic, joins the United States as the 28th state for the dispute between the US and Mexico over Texas, leads to war the following year.
1989. In what's then known as Czechoslovakia, a sign that The Iron Curtain of the cold war is crumbling5 in Eastern Europe. Dissident playwright6 Vaclav Havel is elected as his country's president, the first non-communist to attain7 that post in more than four decades.
Today in history. December 29th. Ed Donahue. The Associated Press.
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1 monk | |
n.和尚,僧侣,修道士 | |
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2 monarchy | |
n.君主,最高统治者;君主政体,君主国 | |
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3 massacre | |
n.残杀,大屠杀;v.残杀,集体屠杀 | |
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4 disarm | |
v.解除武装,回复平常的编制,缓和 | |
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5 crumbling | |
adj.摇摇欲坠的 | |
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6 playwright | |
n.剧作家,编写剧本的人 | |
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7 attain | |
vt.达到,获得,完成 | |
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8 Christian | |
adj.基督教徒的;n.基督教徒 | |
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