Wednesday, November 30

Good morning!

Today we will continue studying Clay's American System and Jacksonian Democracy (power points on 11/29)
***BREAKING NEWS!!! - Jack was the 4th student in the room today!**** Film at 11!

Current Events
World leaders, Cuban people gather on Fidel Castro's passing - NYP

The end of the Anglo-American order - NYT

Today in History

1804

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase was tried for political bias.

1900

Irish author Oscar Wilde died in Paris at age 46.

1940

Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz were married.

1966

Barbados became independent of Great Britain.

1974

The fossilized remains of a female human ancestor named Lucy (after the Beatles song Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds) were found in Ethiopia.

1993

The Brady Bill, requiring a five-day waiting period for handgun purchases, is signed.

1995

President Bill Clinton became the first U.S. president to visit Northern Ireland.

2004

Ken Jennings ended his 74-game winning spree on the game show, Jeopardy!