历史上的今天-Today in History 2015-04-09
时间：2019-01-19 作者：英语课 分类：历史上的今天-2015年
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April 9th, 1865The American Civil War effectively ends after four years and more than a half million deaths. Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrenders his forces to Union General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia.
2003, Iraqis celebrate the collapse 1 of Saddam Hussein's regime in the capital Baghdad. They topple a statue of their longtime dictator, just weeks after the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.
1959, NASA announces the first seven astronauts for America's space program, a group dubbed 2 the Mercury Seven.
1939, In Washington, African-American singer Marian Anderson performs at the Lincoln Memorial. That happens after the Daughters of the American Revolution ban Anderson from singing at their headquarters because of her race.
And 2005,“That we may grow together in love and peace, all days of our life.”
Prince Charles, heir to the British throne, marries his longtime love: Camilla Parker Bowles. She takes the title “Duchess of Cornwall” and not “Princess of Wales”, the title held by Charles' first wife, the late Princess Diana.
Today in History, April 9th, Sandy Kozel, the Associated Press.
vi.累倒；昏倒；倒塌；塌陷
- The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
- The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。