Monday, November 28th

Good morning!

Today we will work on Henry Clay and Jim Beckwourth background information.

ICYMI - Saturday's "Billy da Weather Guy"

Current Events
One-third of Hudson Valley struggling to put food on the table

Fidel Castro, Cuban leader, died over the weekend at 90

Happy Birthday to the NYC-NJ Rail tunnels, which turned 108 yesterday. ***Maybe it's time to replace them?**

Today in History

1520

Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan passed through the strait which bears his name to the Pacific ocean.

1919

American-born Lady Astor became the first woman to take a seat on the British Parliament.

1942

Almost 500 people died in the Coconut Grove nightclub fire in Boston.

1943

Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin met in Tehran for their first meeting during World War II.

1964

The U.S. spacecraft Mariner 4 launched—on its way to the first successful mission to Mars.

1990

Margaret Thatcher resigned as prime minister of Great Britain; John Major took over.