Monday, Sept 28th

Good morning!

Thought of the Day - "You don't get what you wish for, you get what you work for".

***HOMEWORK - Read the Declaration of Independence and tell: a) what it declares and b) how it is broken up (3 sections), also READ CH 4, SEC 2 in the textbook.**

Today in History

1542

Portuguese explorer Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo arrived at present-day San Diego.

1781

The closing campaign of the American Revolution at Yorktown Heights, Va. began.

1920

Eight Chicago White Sox players were indicted for fixing the 1919 World Series in the "Black Sox scandal."

1924

Two U.S. Army planes landed in Seattle after completing the first round-the-world-flight in 175 days.

1939

A German-Soviet agreement divided Poland between Nazi Germany and the USSR.

1972

Japan and Communist China agreed to re-establish diplomatic relations.

2003

Althea Gibson, the first African-American tennis player to win at Wimbledon, died.