Wednesday, January 18

Good morning!

Today we will finish the power point from yesterday.

Current Events

Vice President Biden on his time in office and what lies ahead - NYT

Obama reduces Chelsea Manning's sentence; will be released early - NYT

George HW Bush - 41st president - enters Houston hospital - NYP

Today in History

1733

The first polar bear was exhibited in America, in Boston.

1778

Captain James Cook became the first European to visit the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii).

1782

Daniel Webster was born in Salisbury, New Hampshire.

1788

The First Fleet, carrying convicts and sheep, arrived in Australia's Botany Bay.

1912

The ill-fated Scott expedition reached the South Pole, only to discover Amundsen had been there first.

1943

The Nazi siege of Leningrad was broken.

1993

All 50 states joined in the observance of the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday.