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.