Friday, January 13

Good morning!

Today we will work on Ch 11 & 12 Key Terms (finish for homework)

***17 students did last night's homework by 6:29 this morning; out of 81***

Current Events
When Indian Point closes, replacement power sources are vague - TJN

Russian TV replaces C-Span for 10 minutes yesterday, NYP

President Obama surprises VP Biden with Presidential Medal of Freedom, NYT

Today in History

1898

French writer Emile Zola published his "J'Accuse" letter, accusing the French of a cover-up in the Alfred Dreyfus treason case.

1941

Novelist James Joyce died in Zurich.

1990

Douglas Wilder of Virginia became the first elected African-American governor in the United States.

1999

Michael Jordan announced his second retirement from the NBA. He would "unretire" again in 2001.

2002

After 17,162 performances, The Fantasticks ended its almost 42-year off-Broadway run.

2004

Joseph Darby, a U.S. soldier at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison, reported U.S. abuses of Iraqi prisoners to the Army's Criminal Investigations Division..