Friday, March 6

Good morning!

Yesterday the oldest person in the world celebrated their 117th birthday - yes, born in 1899!!!

Today we will discuss the New Immigrants of the late 1800's and the Urbanization of America. Here is the link to the power point - New Immigration & Urbanization

Today in History

1836

The Alamo fell to Mexican forces.

1857

The Supreme Court ruled in Dred Scott v. Sandford that slaves were not citizens.

1930

Clarence Birdseye started to sell prepackaged frozen food for the first time, in Springfield, Massachusetts.

1981

Walter Cronkite, "the most trusted man in America," retired from the CBS Evening News and was replaced by Dan Rather.

***On this date in 1899; German company Bayer began selling a new drug called Asprin.***