Monday, November 2

Good morning!

This picture was taken this weekend - it's the Kingston-Rhinebeck (NY) bridge, about an hour north of North Rockland.  Enjoy the great weather this week!!

Tough day for Mets fans - but it was a great ride!!!!!  Consider this from the World Series - The Mets were two outs from winning Game 1, five outs from winning Game 4 and one out from winning Game 5. Kansas City led at the end of just 13 of the 53 innings in this series (source - NY Post).  The Mets were t-h-a-t close to winning the whole thing!

Pitchers and catchers report in 109 days!!!!

HOMEWORK - Read Ch 6 Section 3 and answer the HANDOUT.

Today in History

1889

North Dakota and South Dakota became the 39th and 40th states, respectively.

1947

Howard Hughes flew the Spruce Goose on its first and only flight.

1948

Harry S. Truman defeated Thomas E. Dewey to the surprise of pollsters and newspapers, in the greatest presidential upset in history.

1959

Twenty-One game show contestant Charles Van Doren admitted that he had been given questions and answers in advance.

1976

Jimmy Carter defeated Gerald Ford, becoming the first U.S. president from the deep South since the Civil War.

1984

Velma Margie Barfield, a convicted murderer became the first woman to be executed since capital punishment was reinstated in 1976.