Wednesday, November 4

Good morning!!!

Today we will finish looking at Ch 6 Sec 1 & 2 and begin examining Sec 3 (be sure to read the sections in your textbooks at home).

Interesting article in The Journal News - Stony Point memorial for crew of 727 plane crash 40 years ago  If you are free this weekend and attend, please let me know!

Complete election day results for Rockland County - County wide results in Rockland elections

Today in History

1842

Abraham Lincoln married Mary Todd in Springfield, Ill.

1922

Howard Carter discovered the tomb of Tutankhamen in Egypt.

1924

Nellie T. Ross of Wyoming was elected the nation's first woman governor, to serve out the term of her husband who died in office.

1956

Russian troops attacked Budapest and crushed the Hungarian revolt under Premier Imre Nagy.

1979

The American embassy in Tehran, Iran, was seized by militants and 90 Americans were taken hostage.

1980

Ronald Reagan defeats President Jimmy Carter in a landslide.

2008

Democratic senator Barack Obama wins the presidential election against Sen. John McCain, taking 338 electoral votes to McCain's 161. Obama makes history as the first African American U.S. president.

Then...................................and Now