Thursday, October 29, 2015

Thursday, October 29

Good morning!

PERIOD 1 - DBQ due tomorrow.   Period 1 has an assembly today.

Sorry Mets fans!  As someone said to me this morning - "The Series doesn't start until the home team loses." Keep the faith!

Today is the 3rd anniversary of "Superstorm Sandy". (SEE BELOW)  It is also the 86th anniversary of Black Tuesday - Stock Market Crash - which was the beginning of the Great Depression.

Today in History

1682

William Penn arrived in Pennsylvania.

1787

Mozart's opera Don Giovanni debuted in Prague.

1923

The Republic of Turkey was proclaimed under Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.

1929

The New York Stock Exchange crashed on Black Tuesday, precipitating the Great Depression.

1956

Israel invaded the Egyptian Sinai Peninsula during the Suez Canal crisis.

1966

1998

John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth, returned to space at age 77.

2004

European leaders signed the European Union's first constitution.

2012

Hurricane Sandy smashed into the eastern seaboard of the U.S., killing 117 people in the U.S. and 69 in Canada and the Caribbean. The storm caused about $50 billion in damage in the U.S

QUESTION - WHAT ARE YOUR RECOLLECTIONS OF SANDY???? COMMENT BELOW

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