Friday, April 28

Good morning!

Today we will continue our work on the New Deal.

Current Events
Circling back to voters, tomorrow marks Trump's 100th day - NYT

Drugged driving deaths higher than drunk driving deaths - CNN

Today in History

• 1788

  Maryland became the 7th state in the United States.

• 1789

  Fletcher Christian led the mutiny aboard the British ship Bounty against Captain William Bligh.

• 1945

  Benito Mussolini was executed.

• 1947

  Thor Heyerdahl and five others began their Pacific Ocean crossing on the raft, Kon-Tiki.

• 1967

  Boxing champion Muhammad Ali refused to be inducted into the Army.

• 1992

  The U.S. Dept. of Agriculture unveiled its first “food pyramid.”

• 2001

  Dennis Tito became the first space tourist.

• 2004

  The Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal first comes to light when graphic photos of U.S. soldiers physically abusing and humiliating Iraqi prisoners were shown on CBS's 60 Minutes II.

Thursday, April 27

Good morning!

Today we will continue to examine the Great Depression and the beginning of FDRś presidency

Ms. Garciaś class power point

Current Events

Trump presents new tax plan - NYT

3 bridges rise in NY - NYT

Today in History

• 1521

  Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan was killed in a fight with natives of the Philippines.

• 1805

  The U.S. Marines captured Derna, on the shores of Tripoli.

• 1865

  The worst steamship disaster in the history of the United States occurred when there was an explosion aboard the Sultana; more than 1,400 people were killed.

• 1956

  Rocky Marciano retired as undefeated world heavyweight boxing champion.

• 1961

  Sierra Leone gained independence from Great Britain.

• 1983

  Pitcher Nolan Ryan surpassed Walter Johnson’s strikeout record—one that had held since 1927.

• 1987

  Austrian president Kurt Waldheim was barred from entering the United States. He was accused of aiding in the execution of thousands of Jews in World War II.

• 1993

  Eritrea declared itself independent.

Wednesday, April 26

Good morning!

Today we will continue to work on the Great Depression and begin the New Deal.

Current Events
Trump tax plan to be announced today - NYT

Uh-Oh; getting into NYC by train from NJ is about to get a whole lot worse - NYT

Groups sue NYC subway system, claiming it discriminates against riders with disabilities - remember, you pay for the subway system here in Rockland - NYT

Today in History

• 1607

  Colonists land at Cape Henry, Va., They would found Jamestown the next month.

• 1865

  John Wilkes Booth, Lincoln’s assassin, was surrounded by federal troops in a barn in Virginia. He was shot and killed, either by the soldiers or by his own hand.

• 1937

  The German Luftwaffe (air force) destroyed the Spanish town of Guernica.

• 1964

  Tanganyika and Zanzibar joined to form Tanzania.

• 1986

  The worst nuclear power plant accident in history occurred at Chernobyl, near Kiev, U.S.S.R.

• 1994

  The first multi-racial elections were held in South Africa.

• 2000

  Vermont Governor Howard Dean signed the nation's first bill allowing same-sex couples to form civil unions.

Tuesday, April 25

Good morning!

Today we will work on the Great Depression.

Homework -

Current Events
Rockland unites to for Holocaust Remembrance Day - TJN

Two Arkansas inmates put to death in rare double execution - NYT

New Orleans begins removing Confederate memorials, under police protection - NYT

Today in History

• 1901

  New York became the first state to require license plates on cars.

• 1915

  British, Australian, and New Zealand forces landed at Gallipoli.

• 1928

  The first seeing eye dog was presented to Morris S. Frank.

• 1945

  Delegates met in San Francisco to organize the United Nations.

• 1953

  The Francis Crick and James Watson article describing the double helix of DNA is published in the magazine Nature.

• 1959

  The St. Lawrence Seaway opened to shipping.

• 1990

  Violeta Barrios de Chamorro was inaugurated as president of Nicaragua.

• 1992

  Islamic forces took over most of Kabul, Afghanistan after the Soviet-controlled government collapsed.

• 2003

  The Georgia legislature voted to scrap the "Confederate flag" design from its state flag.
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Monday, April 24

Good morning!

Today we will finish "Cinderella Man"

Homework - Cinderella Man questions due tomorrow.

Billy da Weather guy forecast

Current Events
Ramapo Supervisor St. Lawrence's trial resumes today - TJN

Will the US Government be open in a week? Funding is the big question - NYT

Former President Obama to give first public speech today - NYT

Today in History

• 1800

  Library of Congress was established.

• 1898

  Spain declared war on the U.S..

• 1915

  Turks began deportation of Armenians that led to the massacre of between 600,000 and 1.5 million Armenians.

• 1916

  The Easter Rebellion begins in Dublin, Ireland. Although unsuccessful, the uprising was an important symbolic event leading to the establishment of the Republic of Ireland.

• 1953

  Winston Churchill was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.

• 1990

  The shuttle Discovery blasted off with the Hubble Space Telescope.

Friday, April 21

Good morning!

Today we will finish "Cinderella Man"

Current Events

Remembering the last known person born in the 1800's; she passed last week at 117 - NYT

Did you catch the iceberg that ran ashore off the coast of Newfoundland? NYT

Today in History

• 1836

  Texan army under Sam Houston defeated Mexicans in the Battle of San Jacinto.

• 1910

  Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain), author of the novel Huckleberry Finn, died at the age of 74.

• 1918

  Baron Manfred von Richthofen, the notorious World War I German flying ace known as the "Red Baron," was killed in action today.

• 1960

  Brazil inaugurated its new capital, Brasilia.

• 1975

  South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu resigned.

• 1980

  Rosie Ruiz was the first woman to cross the finish line at the Boston Marathon. She was later disqualified for cheating.

• 1995

  Timothy McVeigh was arrested in connection with the Oklahoma City bombing.

• 1997

  The ashes of Timothy Leary, Gene Roddenberry, and 22 others blasted into space for the first space funerals.

Thursday, April 20

Good morning!

Today we will continue to view "Cinderella Man"

Current Events
Bill O'Reilly fired at Fox News - NYT

The Fall of Aaron Hernandez - NYT

Big Idaho potato truck returns to Rockland - TJN

Today in History

• 1769

  Ottawa Indian chief Pontiac murdered.

• 1841

  The first detective story, Edgar Allen Poe's Murders in the Rue Morgue was published.

• 1902

  Marie and Pierre Curie isolated radium.

• 1912

  The Boston Red Sox played their first game at Fenway Park. They beat the N.Y. Highlanders (who in 1913 would become known as the Yankees) 7-6.

• 1971

  The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the practice of busing for racial desegregation.

• 1999

  14 students (including killers) and 1 teacher killed, 23 others wounded at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colo., in the nation's deadliest school shooting.

• 2008

  Danica Patrick won the Indy Japan 300, becoming the first woman to win an IndyCar race.

• 2010

  An explosion on a BP oil drilling rig off the coast of Louisiana kills 11 people and injures 17. Experts estimate that 13,000 gallons of crude oil per hour are pouring into the Gulf of Mexico.

Wednesday, April 19

Good morning!

Today we will continue viewing "Cinderella Man"

Current Events
Democrat nearly wins Georgia congressional seat that has been Republican for over 40 years; runoff in June - NYT

In Arkansas, a tempered victory for Death Penalty opponents - NYT

Former Patriot Aaron Hernandez commits suicide in prison - Boston Globe

Today in History

• 1775

  The "shot heard around the world" was fired. Colonial Minute Men took on British Army regulars at Lexington and Concord, Mass., starting the American Revolution.

• 1824

  Lord Byron died of a fever while helping the Greeks fight the Turks.

• 1882

  Naturalist Charles Darwin, developer of the theory of evolution, died.

• 1897

  The first Boston Marathon was run.

• 1933

  The United States went off the gold standard.

• 1943

  The Warsaw ghetto uprising began, one of the first mass rebellions against the Nazis.

• 1993

  The siege at Waco, Texas, ended when FBI moved into the Branch Davidian compound with tear gas and cult members set fire to the compound killing over 80 people.

• 1995

  The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Okla., was destroyed by a car bomb. 168 people, including 19 children were killed in the worst terrorist attack in U.S. history up to that time.

• 2005

  Germany's Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger became Pope Benedict XVI.

Tuesday, April 18

Good morning!

Today we will begin viewing "Cinderella Man"

Current Events
Jury selection to begin tomorrow in trial of Ramapo supervisor St. Lawrence - TJN

New Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch's first day on the job - NYT

Today in History

• 1775

  Paul Revere rode from Charlestown to Lexington to warn Massachusetts colonists of the arrival of British troops during the American Revolution.

• 1906

  The Great San Francisco Earthquake destroyed over 4 sq mi. and killed over 500 people.

• 1923

  The first game was played in Yankee Stadium (“the House that Ruth built”). Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 4–1.

• 1956

  Grace Kelly married Prince Rainier of Monaco.

• 1968

  London Bridge was sold to an American. It was rebuilt in Arizona.

• 1978

  The U.S. Senate voted to hand over the Panama Canal to Panamanian control on Dec. 31, 1999.

• 2002

  Afghanistan’s former king, Mohammad Zahir Shah, returned after 29 years in exile.

• 2012

  American Bandstand and New Year's Rockin' Eve host Dick Clark died of heart failure.

Monday, April 17

Good morning!  Welcome Back!

Today we will - it's up to Ms. Garcia; she takes over today

From Billy Da Weather Guy

Current Events
United will no longer take customers seats for their staff - NYT

Baron and Mrs. Trump are moving to the White House shortly - NYP

Today in History

• 1790

  Benjamin Franklin, U.S. patriot, diplomat, and a signer of the Declaration of Independence, died in Philadelphia.

• 1895

  The Sino-Japanese War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Shimonoseki.

• 1937

  Daffy Duck made his debut in Porky's Duck Hunt.

• 1961

  Supported by the U.S. government, 1,500 exiles made the unsuccessful Bay of Pigs invasion in Cuba.

• 1964

  Geraldine Mock became the first woman to fly solo around the world.

• 1969

  Sirhan Sirhan was convicted for the murder of Robert F. Kennedy.

• 1970

  The Apollo 13 astronauts safely splashed down after their near-disastrous flight.

• 1975

  Phnom Penh fell to the Khmer Rouge, ending the five year Cambodian war.

Thursday, April 6

Good morning!

Today we will continue studying the Roaring 20's

Current Events
Oops! NYS budget deal falls through - both sides blame the Gov - THR

President Trump to meet with China's president today in Florida - NYT

Op-Ed piece - "Will Mexico get half its territory back?" NYT

Today in History

• 1830

  Joseph Smith and five others organized the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Fayette, New York.

• 1862

  The Battle of Shiloh in the American Civil War began.

• 1896

  First modern Olympic Games opened in Athens, Greece.

• 1909

  Robert Peary and Matthew Henson became the first to reach the North Pole.

• 1917

  U.S. declared war on Germany and entered World War I.                                           
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• 1994

  The presidents of Rwanda and Burundi were killed in a plane crash.

Wednesday, April 5

Good morning!

Today we will begin to explore the period of the "Roaring Twenties"

Homework - Watch any clips below that we do not see in class.

Roaring Twenties

Harlem Renaissance

Driving around NYC in 1928

Building of George Washington Bridge

Current Events
Did Ramapo sidestep bids to get soil clean up job in Sloatsburg? TJN

NY State passes an emergency budget but skips thornier issues - NYT

Today in History

• 1614

  Pocahontas married John Rolfe.

• 1792

  George Washington cast the first presidential veto.

• 1887

  Anne Sullivan makes the breakthrough to Helen Keller by spelling "water" in the manual alphabet.

• 1951

  Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sentenced to death for giving away atomic secrets to the Russians.

• 1955

  Winston Churchill resigned as prime minister of Britain.

• 1971

  Canadian Fran Phipps became the first woman to reach the North Pole.

• 1999

  Libya gave over two suspects in the Lockerbie, Scotland Pan Am bombing.

Tuesday, April 4

Good morning!

Today you will be working with Guidance all period.

Current Events

North Carolina tops Gonzaga, 71-65, for Men's Basketball Chip - NYT

Marking the 75th anniversary of the Bataan death march - TJN

The Simpsons take on Indian Point - TJN

Today in History

• 1818

  Congress adopted a U.S. flag with one star for each state.

• 1841

  President William Henry Harrison died from pneumonia, one month after his inauguration.

• 1905

  Earthquake in Kangra, India, killed more than 20,000.

• 1945

  The Ohrdruf death camp was liberated from Nazi occupation.

• 1949

  The treaty establishing the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was signed.

• 1968

  Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated.

• 1973

  The ribbon was cut to open the World Trade Center in New York City.

• 1979

  Pakistan prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was executed by the military.

• 1981

  Henry Cisneros became the mayor of San Antonio, Texas: the first Hispanic mayor of a major U.S. city.

• 1983

  Sally Ride became the first U.S. woman in space aboard the space shuttle Challenger.

Monday, April 3

Good morning!

Today we will go over the power point from Friday

Homework - Chapter 21 Key Terms

Current Events

How Uber uses pyschological tricks to push its drivers buttons - NYT

Senate faces showdown today over Gorsuch vote for Supreme Court - CNN

Today in History

1860

First pony express service began.

1882

Outlaw Jesse James was shot in the back by Bob Ford, one of his own gang members, reportedly for a $10,000 reward.

1936

Bruno Hauptmann was electrocuted for the kidnapping and murder of the Lindbergh baby.

1948

President Truman signed the Marshall Plan, which would foster the recovery of war-torn Europe.

1974

"Super Tornado Outbreak" strikes 13 U.S. states.

1996

Unabomber Theodore Kaczynski was arrested.

2004

A suspect in Madrid's March bombings blew up himself and three others.