历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-08-30
时间：2019-02-14 作者：英语课 分类：历史上的今天-2012年
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August 30th, 1862During the American Civil War, the Second Battle of Bull Run ends in Manassas, Virginia. Union forces are defeated by the Confederates on the site of the war's first major clash the previous year.
1967,In Washington, the Senate confirms Thurgood Marshall as the first black justice on the U.S. Supreme 1 Court. Years later, Marshall tells students at his alma mater Howard University not to rest upon past civil rights achievements. “You can't stand still. You must move, and if you don't move, they will run over you.”
1983,Guion Bluford, Junior becomes the first black astronaut in space, blasting off aboard Space Shuttle Challenger.
1797,Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley --- the novelist who created the horror story “Frankenstein” --- is born in London.
1905,Baseball's Ty Cobb makes his major league debut 2 with the Detroit Tigers. He hits a double in his first at-bat in a game against the New York Highlanders. The Tigers win, five to three.
And, 1993If you think about it, all I really did is take the summer offCompleting his move from NBC, talk show host David Letterman debuts 3 on CBS with his 'Late Show.'
Today in History, August 30th, Camile Bohannon, the Associated Press.
adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的
- It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
- He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。
n.首次演出，初次露面
- That same year he made his Broadway debut, playing a suave radio journalist.在那同一年里，他初次在百老汇登台，扮演一个温文而雅的电台记者。
- The actress made her debut in the new comedy.这位演员在那出新喜剧中首次登台演出。