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

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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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