Wednesday, March 8
Good morning!
Today we will continue to view America, Story of US
Today is International Women's Day. In the US, it is being marked by a protest - Day without women (US) - Fortune.com
Current Events
Rockland Lake Boathouse gets $13 million upgrade - TJN
CSX derailment just north of Rockland stirs fears - TJN
Last of new supersize girders leave Pa for the New Tappan Zee Bridge - TJN
NYC History of College Basketball - NYT
Quiet upstate NY road becomes border crossing INTO Canada, since Trump - NYT
Today in History
1782
A peaceful settlement of Delaware Indians were massacred by militia at Gnadenhutten in Ohio.
1917
Russia's February Revolution, which eventually led to the overthrow the csarist government, began.
1945
Phyllis Mae Daley, the first African-American nurse to serve in World War II, received her U.S. Navy commission.
1948
The Supreme Court ruled that religious instruction in public schools violated the Constitution.
1950
The Soviet Union claimed to be in possession of the atomic bomb.
1965
First U.S. combat troops arrived in Vietnam.
1983
President Reagan called the USSR an "Evil Empire."
1999
Baseball Hall of Famer Joe DiMaggio died.
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
Subscribe to Post Comments [Atom]
<< Home