Monday, Jan 30

Good morning!

Today we will begin to explore the results of the Civil War on both the North and South.

Homework - Ch 12 - Sect 1; Read and answer questions 2 - 5.

Current Events
Protests erupt around the country over Trump's travel ban - NYT

Suez accepts NY State's water rates - TJN

US Commando killed during al-qaeda raid in Yemen - NYP

Today in History

1649

King Charles I of England was beheaded.

1933

Adolf Hitler was named Chancellor of Germany.

1948

Gandhi was assassinated.

1968

North Vietnamese forces launched attacks against the South Vietnamese, beginning the Tet offensive.

1972

British troops opened fire on civil rights marchers in Northern Ireland, sparking the "Bloody Sunday" massacre.

1979

The Iranian civilian government announced that the exiled Ayatollah Khomeini would be allowed to return.