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