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.