Wednesday, Feb 3

Good morning!

Homework - P1 - Finish Ch 13 Key Terms and Ch 13 S1/3 worksheet;  P2/8 - Read p 420-424 and answer #3.

Populism/Farmers Alliance power point

Current Events
One year ago today, the Metro-North train crash took place in Valhalla - killing 5 passengers on the train and the driver who was trapped at the train crossing - Metro-North crash

Zika virus passed through sex in Texas; scientists continue to study illness

Today in History

1468

Johann Gutenberg, German printer and inventor, died.

1870

The 15th Amendment (black suffrage) passed.

1913

The 16th Amendment, establishing federal income tax, was ratified.

1917

The U.S. broke off diplomatic relations with Germany. (World War I)

1959

Rock singers, Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and Big Bopper died in a plane crash. The song - American Pie - was written about this event - Bye Bye Miss American Pie.  

1995

Col. Eileen Collins became the first woman to pilot the space shuttle when the Discovery blasted off.

1998

Texas executed Karla Faye Tucker, the first woman to be executed in the United States since 1984.