Friday, Sept 23

Good morning!

Today we will examine the Industrial North/Agricultural South (classwork/homework from Wed)

***REMINDER - 1st US Presidential Debate takes place THIS MONDAY, Sept 26, beginning at 9 p.m. You will be asked to watch some of it for homework Monday***

Current Events
PLEASE READ - We discussed this in class the other day - The doctor who killed President Garfield - NYP

Fall hikes in Rockland, Westchester and Northern NJ - TJN

Yahoo hacked; users told to change their passwords AND security questions - NYT

Beautiful photo essay today in NYT

Today in History

1779

John Paul Jones declared "I have not yet begun to fight!" aboard the American warship Bonhomme Richard in the battle against the British man-of-war Serapis.

1806

After a three-year journey to the Pacific Northwest, the Lewis and Clark expedition returned to St. Louis.

1846

German astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle discovered the planet Neptune.

1939

Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis, died in London.

1952

Vice presidential candidate Richard Nixon delivered his "Checkers speech" rebutting charges of improper campaign financing.

1973

Former Argentine president Juan Perón returned to power.

2011

Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas officially requests a bid for statehood at the UN Security Council.