历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-01-06
时间：2018-12-24 作者：英语课 分类：历史上的今天-2012年
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January 6th, 1412. According to Tradition, Joan of Arc, France’s national heroine and Catholic Saint is born in the village of Domrémy.
1838. Inventor Samuel Morse gives his first public demonstration 1 of the telegraph, dots-dashes in all, in Morristown, New Jersey 2.
1942. Pan AM’s Pacific Clipper arrives in New York, becoming the first commercial airplane to complete around-the-world flight.
1994. An attacker clubs figure skater Nancy Kerrigan on her right leg, among the men later sentenced to prison, the ex-husband of Kerrigan’s rival Tonya Harding.
And 1993. The world loses two artistic 3 greats. Jazz trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, dies at age 75. And ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev, dies at age 54.
Today in History, January 6th, Sophia Manos, the Associated Press.
1 demonstration
n.表明，示范，论证，示威
- His new book is a demonstration of his patriotism.他写的新书是他的爱国精神的证明。
- He gave a demonstration of the new technique then and there.他当场表演了这种新的操作方法。