Wednesday, May 31

Good morning!

This past Monday was JFK's 100th birthday. Here he is meeting a teen-age Bill Clinton at the White House.

Today we will view - The Century, 1965-70 

Current Events
Acting Ramapo supervisor says Pomona ballpark "might not be worth keeping open" TJN

NY Today - Mosquito season - NYT

All you need to know about Bitcoin - NYT

Today in History

• 1790

  The first U.S. Copyright Law was enacted, protecting books, maps, and other original materials.

• 1889

  Heavy rains caused the South Fork Dam to collapse, sending 20 million tons of water into Johnstown, Pa. Over 2,200 people were killed and the town was nearly destroyed.

• 1911

  The hull of the Titanic was launched in Belfast. At the ceremony, a White Star Line employee claimed, “Not even God himself could sink this ship.”

• 1961

  South Africa became an independent republic.

• 1962

  Former Gestapo official Adolf Eichmann was hanged in Israel.

• 1970

  An earthquake in Peru left more than 50,000 dead.

• 2004

  Alberta Martin, 97, one of the last widows of a U.S. Civil War veteran, died. She had married Confederate veteran William Martin in 1927 when she was 21 and he was 81.

• 2010

  Nine people are dead after an Israeli navy commando attacks a flotilla of cargo ships and passenger boats on their way to Gaza to provide aid and supplies for the area.

Tuesday, May 30

Good morning!

Today we will examine the 60's, viewing ABC's The Century, 1960-64

Billy Stilla's SUMMER forecast

Current Events
Manuel Noriega, Dictator removed by US in Panama, dies at 83 - NYT

5 watchfires burn throughout Rockland as a tribute to the fallen - TJN

Today in History 

• 1431

  Joan of Arc was burned at the stake as a heretic.

• 1536

  King Henry VIII of England married his 3rd wife, Jane Seymour, 11 days after he had his 2nd wife, Anne Boleyn executed.

• 1911

  The first Indianapolis 500 was won by Ray Harroun.

• 1922

  The Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC, was dedicated by Chief Justice William Howard Taft.

• 1998

  An earthquake in Northern Afghanistan (and subsequent aftershocks) killed an estimated 5,000 and injured at least 1,500. A quake on Feb. 4 in the same area had killed about 2,300.

Wednesday, May 24

Good morning!!!

Today we will finish Cold War power point

Current Events
Rockland County Executive signs order regarding county development - TJN

British terror alert raised to highest level following Manchester attack - NYT

Today in History

• 1844

  Samuel Morse transmitted the first telegraph message, in which he asked, "What hath God wrought?"

• 1883

  The Brooklyn Bridge, linking Manhattan and Brooklyn in New York City, opened to traffic.

• 1899

  W.T. McCullough of Boston, Mass., opened the first public garage. One could rent space for selling, storing and repairing vehicles.

• 1935

  Major League Baseball’s first night game was played under the lights at Cincinnati’s Crosley Field as the hometown Reds defeated Philadelphia, 2–1.

• 1958

  The United Press and the International News Service merged to form United Press International (UPI).

• 1976

  The British and French Concordes made their first commercial flights.

• 2000

  Israeli troops pulled out of Lebanon after 18 consecutive years of occupation.

• 2001

  Vermont senator James Jeffords quit the Republican Party and became an Independent, giving Democrats control of the Senate.

Tuesday, May 23

Good morning!

Today we will continue to explore the Cold War, as well as the events of the 1950's

Current Events

Manchester concert attack kills 22, injures 59 - NYT

Ramapo looks forward following St. Lawrence conviction - TJN

Fidget spinners are just the favorite toy of the fidgety - NYT

Today in History

• 1430

  Joan of Arc was captured by the Burgundians and subsequently sold to the English.

• 1788

  South Carolina became the 8th state in United States.

• 1830

  The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad began the first passenger service in the United States.

• 1873

  The North West Mounted Police force was formed in Canada. It would later be known as the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

• 1911

  The New York Public Library, at the time the largest marble structure ever built in the United States, was dedicated by President Taft in New York City after 16 years of construction.

• 1934

  Bonnie (Parker) and Clyde (Barrow) were killed in a police shootout.

• 1945

  Heinrich Himmler, head of Adolf Hitler’s Gestapo, committed suicide while in prison.

• 1949

  The German Federal Republic came into existence.

• 1997

  Moderate Mohammad Khatami was elected president of Iran.

Monday, May 22

Good morning!

Today we will work on the 1950s and 60s

Billy Da Weather Guy Forecast!!!!!!!

Current Events

Ramapo Supervisor St. Lawrence found guilty on most charges - TJN

Alone on the Open Road - Truckers - NYT

Pittsburgh welcomed Uber's driverless cars - not any more - NYT

Today in History

• 1455

  The first battle in the 30-year War of Roses took place at St. Albans.

• 1761

  The first life insurance policy in the United States was issued in Philadelphia.

• 1849

  Abraham Lincoln received patent number 6469 for his floating dry dock.

• 1927

  An earthquake near Xining, China, measuring 8.3 claimed approximately 200,000 victims.

• 1947

  Harry S. Truman's Doctrine brought aid to Greece and Turkey to combat the spread of Communism.

• 1972

  Richard Nixon arrived in Moscow, becoming the first U.S. president to visit the Soviet Union.

• 1990

  North Yemen and South Yemen merged to form the Republic of Yemen.

• 1992

  Johnny Carson hosted the last episode of his Tonight Show.

• 2003

  The UN Security Council approved a resolution lifting the economic sanctions against Iraq and supporting the U.S.-led administration in Iraq.

• 2011

  At least 140 people are killed and hundreds more injured as a three-quarter-mile-wide tornado hits Joplin, Missouri. The tornado is among the deadliest in the nation's history, destroying nearly a third of the city and damaging about 2,000 buildings, including water treatment and sewage plants.

• 2012

  Tokyo Skytree, which at 634 meters high is the tallest tower in the world, opened to the public

Thursday, May 18

Good morning!

Today we will beat the heat and view "America, Story of US" Super power


Current Events
Former FBI Director Robert Mueller will head a special counsel on Russia investigation - NYT

Miles of Antartic ice are collapsing into the sea - NYT

Today in History

• 1642

  The city of Montreal was founded by the French.

• 1804

  Napoleon Bonaparte was proclaimed Emperor of France by the French Senate.

• 1896

  The Supreme Court affirmed racial segregation in Plessy v. Ferguson as "separate but equal."

• 1920

  Pope John Paul II was born near Krakow, Poland.

• 1953

  Jacqueline Cochran became the first woman to fly faster than the speed of sound.

• 1974

  India became the 6th country to become a nuclear power.

• 1980

  Mount St. Helens, in Washington state, erupted after being dormant for 123 years.

• 1994

  Israeli troops withdrew from the Gaza strip after three decades of occupation and Palestinians took over.

• 2000

  A bill was finally passed that removed the Confederate flag from the South Carolina statehouse.

• 2003

  President Megawati Sukarnoputri of Indonesia declared martial law and sent 30,000 troops into Aceh.

• 2004

  Sonia Gandhi stunned her party, the Indian National Congress, by refusing to accept the prime ministership of India.

Wednesday, May 17

Good morning!

We will continue to examine the Cold War.

Current Events
Two schools in Hillburn (Rockland County); about 1943 school desegregation premieres this weekend - TJN

Comey says Trump asked him to end the Flynn investigation - NYT

Today in History

• 1792

  The New York Stock Exchange was established when a group of 24 brokers and merchants met by a tree on what is now Wall Street and signed the Buttonwood Agreement.

• 1875

  The first Kentucky Derby was held at Churchill Downs, in Louisville, Kentucky.

• 1938

  NBC aired the Information Please quiz show on the radio for the first time.

• 1954

  The Supreme Court ruled unanimously against segregation in schools in Brown v. Board of Education.

• 1973

  Televised Watergate hearings opened, headed by North Carolina senator Sam Ervin.

• 1987

  An Iraqi warplane attacked the U.S.S. Stark in the Persian Gulf, killing 37 American sailors and wounding 62.

• 1997

  Laurent Kabila declared himself president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

• 2004

  In Massachusetts, same-sex couples exchanged marriage vows for the first time in the United States.

Tuesday, May 16

Good morning!

Today we will continue to work on the Cold War power point.

Homework - Handouts on the Cold War.

Current Events
Haverstraw hires real estate firm to market their Letchworth property - TJN

School budget votes today; REMIND you friends/family 18 & older to vote today! - TJN

Officials say Trump shared highly classified info - NYT

Today in History

• 1770

  Marie Antoinette married the future King Louis XVI of France.

• 1868

  The first ballot on one of 11 articles of impeachment in the U.S. Senate failed to convict President Andrew Johnson.

• 1929

  The first Academy Awards were given on this night. The term, Oscars, was not used to describe the statuettes given to actors and actresses until 1931.

• 1946

  The Irving Berlin musical, Annie Get Your Gun, opened on Broadway.

• 1975

  Japanese climber Junko Tabei became the first woman to summit Mount Everest.

• 1991

  Queen Elizabeth II became the first British monarch to address the United States Congress.

• 1997

  President Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire ended 32 years of autocratic rule when rebel forces led by Laurent Kabila expelled him from the country.

Monday, May 15

Good morning!

Today we will examine the Cold War

Current Events
Pomona's fight against religious college goes to court - TJN

Cyber attacks could worsen today - NYT

Today in History

• 1862

  The U.S. Department of Agriculture was created by an act of Congress on this day.

• 1911

  The Standard Oil Company, headed by John D. Rockefeller, was ordered dissolved by the Supreme Court, under the Sherman Antitrust Act.

• 1918

  The first air mail route in the U.S. was established between New York and Washington, DC, with a stop at Philadelphia.

• 1930

  On a Boeing Air Transport flight between Oakland and Chicago, Ellen Church became the first airline stewardess.

• 1940

  Nylon stockings went on sale for the first time in the United States.

• 1972

  Alabama Governor George Wallace was shot and crippled as he campaigned for the presidency.

• 1988

  The Soviet Union began to withdraw its estimated 115,000 troops from Afghanistan.

Friday, May 12

Good morning!

Today we will look at the effects of World War II and the beginning of the Cold War.

Current Events
St. Lawrence trial update - TJN

Stan Weston, creator of GI Joe, passed away - NYT

Today in History

• 1870

  Manitoba became a province of Canada.

• 1932

  The body of Charles and Anne Lindbergh's kidnapped baby was found.

• 1937

  Britain’s King George VI was crowned at Westminster Abbey in London.

• 1943

  Axis forces in North Africa surrendered.

• 1949

  The Soviet blockade that prompted the Berlin airlift was ended.

• 1970

  Mr. Cub, Ernie Banks, swatted his 500th home run.

• 2002

  Former president Jimmy Carter became the first U.S. president (in or out of office) to visit Fidel Castro'sCuba.

• 2008

  Tens of thousands killed and thousands injured when a 7.9 magnitude earthquake strikes Sichuan, Gansu, and Yunnan Provinces in western China.

• 2012

  The 2012 World Expo began in Yeosu, South Korea.

Thursday, May 11

Good morning!

Today we will wrap up World War II

Movietone news - 1940's -

Did you know that most American soldiers left for the war in Europe from Camp Shanks in Rockland County? Camp Shanks in Orangetown, NY

Eisenhower's speech to the troops before D-Day

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82RTzi5Vt7w

V-E Day (Victory in Europe), May 8, 1945

Current Events

St. Lawrence trial - whistleblower says she warned of fraud - TJN

Trial opens in Oklahoma for officer charged in fatal shooting of Black driver - NYT

Today in History

• 1858

  Minnesota became the 32nd state in the United States.

• 1894

  The Pullman Strike began.

• 1949

  Siam changed its name to Thailand.

• 1960

  Israeli agents captured Nazi Adolf Eichmann in Argentina.

• 1973

  Charges against Daniel Ellsberg for his role in the Pentagon Papers case were dismissed.

• 1981

  Reggae performer Bob Marley died of cancer in Miami at the age of 36.

• 1997

  IBM's supercomputer, Deep Blue defeated Garry Kasparov, the reigning world champion, in a six game chess match (2 for blue, 1 for Kasparov, and 3 ties).

• 1998

  India set off atomic blasts.

• 2003

  91% of Lithuanian voters opted to join the European Union—the first former Soviet nation to do so.

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Wednesday. May 10

Good morning!

Today we will continue our studies of WW II.  It is Ms. Garcia's last day with us.

Current Events
Trump fires FBI Director Comey - CNN

Update on Ramapo Supervisor St. Lawrence's trial - TJN

So you want to be an official??? TJN


Today in History

• 1775

  Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain Boys captured Fort Ticonderoga from the British.

• 1863

  Confederate General Stonewall Jackson died after being accidentally shot by his own troops.

• 1869

  The United States’ first transcontinental railroad was completed with a ceremony in Promontory Summit, Utah.

• 1924

  J. Edgar Hoover became director of the FBI.

• 1940

  Winston Churchill succeeded Neville Chamberlain as British prime minister.

• 1994

  Nelson Mandela was sworn in as South Africa's first black president.

Monday, May 8th

Good morning!

Today we will


Current Events
France elects new leader; youngest in its history - NYT

Did you watch the whole game? Yankees win in 18, ends after 2 a.m. this morning - NYT

Where are the Wrigley bullpens? NYT
Today in History

• 1794

  Antoine Laurent Lavoisier, the father of modern chemistry, was guillotined during the Reign of Terror.

• 1877

  The first Westminister Dog Show was held.

• 1902

  Mount Pelee on Martinique erupted, destroying the town of St. Pierre, and killing 40,000 people.

• 1945

  V-E Day marks the European victory of the Allies in World War II.

• 1973

  The 10-week Wounded Knee occupation ended when members of the American Indian Movement surrendered.

• 1978

  David Berkowitz, a.k.a. the “Son of Sam,” plead guilty to killing six people in New York City.

• 1999

  The Citadel in South Carolina graduated its first female cadet, Nancy Mace.

Friday, May 5

Good morning!

Today we will work on World War II

Homework - Key Terms handout

Current Events
Republicans pass bill in House to repeal and replace Obamacare; what's next? - NYT

President Trump makes his first visit to NY since January - NYT

Hotel for dogs opens in Haverstraw - TJN
Today in History

• 1809

  Mary Kies of South Killingly, Conn., became the first woman to be granted a patent. The patent was for the rights to a technique for weaving straw with silk and thread.

• 1821

  Napoleon Bonaparte died on the island of St. Helena.

• 1891

  Carnegie Hall (then known as Music Hall) opened in New York City. Peter Tchaikovsky was the guest conductor.

• 1925

  John Scopes was arrested in Tennessee for teaching Darwinism.

• 1961

  Alan Shepard became the first American in space.

• 1981

  Bobby Sands of the Irish Republican Army died in a prison hospital on the 66th day of his hunger strike.

• 2004

  Pablo Picasso's "Boy with a Pipe" became the most expensive painting ever sold.