Tuesday, Nov 17

Good morning!!

Today we will finish constructing our Political Cartoons and display them around the classroom.

Homework - Ch 6 S4 worksheet - due tomorrow.

Today in History

1558

Queen Elizabeth I of England ascended to the throne upon the death of her half-sister Queen Mary.

1800

Congress met in Washington, DC, for the first time in the unfinished US Capitol building.  Below is how it appeared on the day of LINCOLN'S inauguration in 1861!!!!

1869

The Suez Canal opened in Egypt.

1968

Night of the "Heidi bowl:" NBC switched from football to movie of Heidi. In the missing 42 seconds, the lagging Raiders scored two touchdowns, defeating the Jets.  NFL Films - The Heidi Bowl

1973

President Nixon said "I am not a crook." Nixon press conference

1989

The beginning of the "Velvet Revolution," which led to the downfall of communism in Czechoslovakia.

2003

Arnold Schwarzenegger was sworn in as governor of California.