Wednesday, March 18

Good morning!

You will need a textbook today - we will begin to work on the next Chapter (17).

Today in History

1766

After months of American protests, Britain repealed the Stamp Act.

1925

The most violent single tornado in U.S. history, the “Tri-State Tornado,” hit Missouri, Indiana, and Illinois, killing 689 people and injuring 13,000 others.

1963

The Supreme Court held in Gideon v. Wainwright that public defenders must be provided for indigent defendants in felony cases.

1990

The biggest art theft in U.S. history occurs at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. The works, including pieces by Vermeer and Rembrandt, were never recovered.

2004

A small asteroid made the closest approach to Earth ever recorded, only about 26,500 miles away.