Tuesday, Jan 13

Good morning!

Homework - Complete reading and questions on Underground Railroad.

Today in History -

1846   President James Polk dispatches General Zachary Taylor and 4,000 troops to the Texas Border as war with Mexico looms. 

1862   President Lincoln names Edwin M. Stanton Secretary of War. 
 1919   California votes to ratify the prohibition amendment. 
1927   A woman takes a seat on the NY Stock Exchange breaking the all-male tradition.

 1931   The bridge connecting New York and New Jersey is named the George Washington Memorial Bridge.


 1937   The United States bars Americans from serving in the Civil War in Spain.
 1955   Chase National and the Bank of Manhattan agree to merge resulting in the second largest U.S. bank.

 1982   Air Florida Flight 90 Boeing 737 jet crashes into Washington, D.C.'s 14th Street Bridge shortly after takeoff, then plunges into the Potomac River; 78 people, including 4 motorists, are killed. 

1990   In Virginia, Douglas Wilder, the first African American elected governor of a US state, takes office.