Tuesday, December 22

Good morning!!

Today is the first FULL day of winter - temps expected to be in the 60's!

CURRENT EVENTS

Pilgrim Pipeline - Rockland County

Big News!!!! Space X accomplishes a first last night

Today in History

1772

Construction of the first schoolhouse west of the Allegheny Mountains was started in Schoenbrunn, Ohio, by Moravian missionaries.

1807

The U.S. Congress passed the Embargo Act.

1864

During the Civil War, Union general William T. Sherman sent a message to President Lincoln saying, "I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah."

1989

Playwright Samuel Beckett died at age 83.

2001

Hamid Karzai sworn in as president of Afghanistan.

2010

President Obama officially repealed the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" military policy.