Monday, Sept 26

Good morning!


Homework - Please watch or listen to some of the 1st Presidential Debate tonight between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. FYI - Today is the 56th anniversary of the FIRST televised debate (see Today in History)

Current Events
Golfer Arnold Palmer dies at 87 (Your generation knows him as the name of the drink) - NYT

Miami Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez, 24, killed in boating accident - SI

Today in History

1789

Thomas Jefferson was appointed America's first Secretary of State.

1820

Frontiersman, Daniel Boone, died in Missouri.

1914

The Federal Trade Commission was established.

1950

United Nations troops recaptured Seoul, the capital of South Korea, from the North Koreans.

1960

Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy took part in the first televised presidential debate.

1986

William H. Rehnquist was sworn as the 16th chief justice of the Supreme Court.