Thursday, Feb 19

Good morning!

Today we will finish studying the Reconstruction period and enter the post-Reconstruction period and Big Business (1870's - 1880's).

Today in History

1674

The Netherlands and England signed the Peace of Westminster, by which New Amsterdam passed to the English (and was renamed New York).

1807

Aaron Burr, vice president under Thomas Jefferson, was arrested for treason. He was later acquitted.

1878

Thomas Edison patented the gramophone (phonograph).

1942

President Franklin Roosevelt signed an executive order that resulted in the internment of thousands of Japanese-Americans living on the West Coast.

1945

The U.S. Marines went ashore at Iwo Jima.

1968

The first nationwide broadcast of Mr. Roger's Neighborhood aired on PBS. It's a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

2008

Fidel Castro resigned as President of Cuba after 49 years in power. Raúl Castro, Fidel's brother, succeeded him as president.