Wednesday, Dec 14

Good morning!

Today we will wrap up Remember the Titans.

Current Events
How Rockland is curbing "block busting" - TJN

Hell's Angels and NYPD are at it again - NYP

Trump and tech leaders to meet today; look to find common ground - NYT

Today in History

1799

George Washington died at age 67.

1819

Alabama became the 22nd state in the United States.

1911

Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen became the first man to reach the South Pole, beating an expedition led by Robert F. Scott.

1939

The Soviet Union was dropped from the League of Nations.

1967

DNA synthesized for the first time.

1981

Israel formally annexed the Golan Heights.

1985

Wilma Mankiller became the first woman to lead a major American Indian tribe as she took office as principal chief of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma.

2012

Adam Lanza, age 20, forced his way into Sandy Hook Elementary School, in Newtown, Connecticut, and killed 26 people. The victims included 20 children between the ages of six and seven.