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.