历史上的今天-Today in History 2010-02-05

 February 5th, 1937:

President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposes boosting the number of justices on the U.S. Supreme¹ Court. He pushes the plan after the Court strikes down key parts of his new deal program during the Great Depression.

"The Court itself can best undo² what the Court  has done.”

But critics accuse Roosevelt of trying to pack the High Court, and he suffers his first major defeat in Congress.

1994In Mississippi, Byron De La Beckwith is convicted of murdering civil rights leader Medgar Evers more than 30 years earlier. Beckwith, a white supremacist gets life in prison. He dies behind bars nearly seven years later.

1914:

William S.Burroughs, one of the writers during the Beat Movement of the 1950s is born in St. Louis.

1967:

"We're gonna do a little ditty that's gonna make everybody a happy time.""I'm not, you, I'm not."The Smother's Brother Comedy Hour the TV variety show for the 16th counterculture premieres on CBS.

And 1934Baseball Hall of Famer Hank Aaron is born in Mobile, Alabama.

Today in History, February 5th, Ross Simpson, the Associated Press.

1 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• 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。

2 undo   

vt.解开，松开；取消，撤销

参考例句：

• His pride will undo him some day.他的傲慢总有一天会毁了他。
• I managed secretly to undo a corner of the parcel.我悄悄地设法解开了包裹的一角。