Monday, December 1

Good morning!!

59 years ago today, Rosa Parks refused to move her seat on a Montgomery, Ala bus. This set in motion a 26-year-old pastor, Martin Luther King, Jr to lead protests and the rest is history......Rosa Parks

Today in History - (We will be looking at the first one below today!)

1824

The presidential election between John Q. Adams, Andrew Jackson, William Crawford, and Henry Clay was turned over to the House of Representatives due to the lack of an electoral-vote majority.

1959

Twelve nations, including the United States, signed a treaty setting aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve free from military activity.

1997

Representatives from more than 150 countries gathered at a global warming summit in Kyoto, Japan, and over the course of ten days forged an agreement to control the emission of greenhouse gases. President Bush pulled the U.S. out of the Kyoto Protocol in 2001.

1998

Exxon and Mobil agreed to merge, creating the world's largest corporation.