历史上的今天-Today in History 2011-03-03
时间：2019-01-19 作者：英语课 分类：历史上的今天-2011年
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March 3rd 1991 - In Los Angeles, a scene caught on amateur videos which sparks an outcry in the United States. Police officers severely 1 beat black motorist Rodney King after he is stopped for speeding.
The following year, the 4 white officers charged in the beating are acquitted 2 of almost all state charges.
That triggers the Los Angeles Riots which killed 55 people and caused $1 billion in property damage.
1847 - Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, is born in Edinburgh, Scotland.
1931 – Oh say, can you see, the Star Spangled Banner officially becomes the national anthem 3 of the United States.
1923 – Henry Luce and Briton Hadden begin publishing TIME – the America’s first major weekly news magazine.
And 2005 – Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly around the world alone without stopping or refueling.
"It's a tremendous sensation to a... the covering that much of distance, and that was the truly enjoyable part of the flight."The millionaire adventurer touches down in Central Kansas after a 67-hour journey spanning 23,000 miles.
Today in History March 3rd.
adv.严格地；严厉地；非常恶劣地
- He was severely criticized and removed from his post.他受到了严厉的批评并且被撤了职。
- He is severely put down for his careless work.他因工作上的粗心大意而受到了严厉的批评。
宣判…无罪( acquit的过去式和过去分词 )； 使（自己）作出某种表现
- The jury acquitted him of murder. 陪审团裁决他谋杀罪不成立。
- Five months ago she was acquitted on a shoplifting charge. 五个月前她被宣判未犯入店行窃罪。