Monday, Nov 10th
Good morning!!!
Congrats to the Girls Soccer team!!! Congrats to the NY Jets!!!!
Today in History:
1493 | Christopher Columbus discovers Antigua during his second expedition. | |
1647 | All Dutch-held areas of New York are returned to English control by the treaty of Westminster. | |
1775 | U.S. Marine Corps founded. | |
1782 | In the last battle of the American Revolution, George Rogers Clark attacks Indians and Loyalists at Chillicothe, in Ohio Territory. | |
1917 | Forty-one US suffragettes are arrested protesting outside the White House. | |
1941 | Churchill promises to join the U.S. "within the hour" in the event of war with Japan. | |
1952 | U.S. Supreme Court upholds the decision barring segregation on interstate railways. | |
1969 | The PBS children's program Sesame Street debuts. | |
1989 | German citizens begin tearing down the Berlin Wall. BONUS - Why is Veteran's Day celebrated on Nov 11 at 11 a.m.? Why was it originally called Armistice Day? |
1 Comments:
This day is the signing of armistice, ended the WW1 hostilities between the allied nations & germany in 1918. Armistice means the end of the war to end all wars.
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