May: Happenings form the Past
May 5, 1884
Isaac Murphy, son of a slave and perhaps the greatest horse rider inAmerican history, ridesBuchanan to win his first KentuckyDerby. He becomes the first rider ever to win the race three times.
May 9, 1754
Benijamin Franklin’s Pennsylvania Gazette produces perhaps the firstAthe most famous people of the 1960s, died of cancer in New YorkCity at the age of 64.
May 24,1844
Samuel F.BMorse taps out the first message, “What hath God wrought,” over the experimental long-distance telegraph line which runs from Washington,DC, toBaltimore, Md.
【題組】44. Who was supposed to be the first owner of the book?
(A)An official of the UN.
(B)A coffee shop owner.
(C)A friend of the author’s.
(D)Alex’s friend formCalifornia.