Thursday, Feb 11

Good morning!

We will finish the America - Story of US - Heartland video and begin studying the period following Reconstruction.

Homework - Watch 10 minutes of the Democratic debate, tonight at 9 p.m. between Sanders and Clinton - PBS and Youtube

Current Events

Mastermind of 1981 Rockland Brink's robbery released from prison

NYSED Commish visits East Ramapo yesterday

Cuomo orders Indian Point to investigate radioactive leak

RFK's assassin denied parole again yesterday

Today in History

1805

Lewis and Clark's Shoshone guide Sacajawea gave birth to a son, Jean Baptiste.

1809

Robert Fulton patented the steamboat.

1929

Lateran Treaty was signed, with Italy recognizing the independence and sovereignty of Vatican City.

1945

Yalta Agreement signed by President Franklin Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet leaderJosef Stalin during World War II.

1970

Japan became the fourth country to put a satellite into orbit.

1979

Ayatollah Khomeini's followers seized control of the Iran government.

1990

South African resistance leader, Nelson Mandela, was released from prison after more than 27 years.

2011

As a result of the Arab Spring protests, Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak announces his resignation and hands power of the country over to the military.

2012

Pop star Whitney Houston died at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Los Angeles, the night before the annual Grammy Awards.