Tuesday, November 22

Good morning!

Today we will work on Ch 8 Key Terms (finish for HW)

I can't believe I forgot this yesterday; it was 40 years ago yesterday that Rocky Balboa "fought" Apollo Creed at the movies!

Current Events
Trump outlines initial goals in YouTube video - NYT

Klinsmann fired as US Soccer Coach - NYT

6 children killed in Tenn school bus crash - NYP

Residents in Ramapo frustrated with private schools in rural neighborhoods

Today in History

1497

Portuguese explorer Vasco de Gama became the first navigator to sail around the Cape of Good Hope in his search for a sea route to India.

1718

Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard the pirate, was killed off the east coast of North America.

1842

Mount St. Helens in Washington state erupted. Ash fallout reached as far as 48 mi away.

1906

"S-O-S" was adopted as a distress signal at the International Radio Telegraphic Convention in Berlin.

1943

President Franklin Roosevelt, British prime minister Winston Churchill, and Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek met in Cairo to discuss measures for defeating Japan.

1963

President John F. Kennedy was assassinated while riding in a motorcade in Dallas.

1990

Margaret Thatcher announced her resignation as prime minister of the United Kingdom.