Monday, October 26

Good morning!

Today we will wrap up the Constitution and the amendments.  ***PER 1 - DBQ due on Friday***

Hillary Clinton is 68 today; Republican Debate on Wednesday.

Today in History

1774

The First Continental Congress adjourned in Philadelphia.

1825

The Erie Canal, connecting Lake Erie to the Hudson River, opened.  Listen to the Erie Canal song here - Low Bridge

1881

Wyatt Earp, his two brothers, and Doc Holliday were involved in the gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona.

1975

Anwar Sadat became the first Egyptian president to pay an official visit to the United States.

1994

Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin of Israel and Prime Minister Abdel Salam Majali of Jordan signed a peace treaty in a ceremony attended by President Clinton.

2002

Russian government forces stormed the Moscow theater held by Chechen rebels. More than 100 hostages were killed.