Friday, June 9

Good morning!

Today we will review any STUDENT QUESTIONS for the US History Regents.

Period 1 - Room 316        Period 2 - Room 317          Period 8 - Room 318

***Please return your TEXTBOOKS and BE SURE your NAME is on the INSIDE COVER**

Current Events
9 arrested in alleged Rockland drug-trafficking ring - TJN

Former FBI Director Comey testifies on Capitol Hill - NYT

British Prime Minister May could be out after Parliament elections - NYT

Today in History

• 1870

  Author Charles Dickens died.

• 1898

  China agreed to lease Hong Kong to Britain for 99 years.

• 1934

  Donald Duck made his screen debut in The Wise Little Hen.

• 1944

  The Republic of Iceland was established.

• 1973

  Secretariat won the Belmont Stakes and became the first Triple Crown winner in 25 years.

• 1978

  After 148 years, the leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints finally allowed black men to become priests.

Thursday, June 8

Good morning!

Today we will take the June 2012 US History Regents (We will not take one tomorrow).

Good luck to the Girls' Lacrosse team!!!!!!!

Current Events
Village of Pomona to celebrate 50 years on Sunday - TJN

Former FBI Director Comey to appear at Congressional hearing today at 10 a.m. - NYT

Today in History

• 632

  The prophet Muhammad died.

• 1845

  Andrew Jackson, the 7th president of the United States, died in Tennessee.

• 1861

  Tennessee became the 11th and last state to secede from the Union.

• 1968

  James Earl Ray, Martin Luther King, Jr.'s, assassin, was arrested.

• 1982

  President Reagan became the first American president to address a joint session of Britain’s Parliament.

• 1983

  Negro Baseball League great Satchel Paige died.

• 2001

  Tony Blair and his Labour Party won a second term, overwhelming the opposition at the polls.

Wednedsday, June 7

Good morning!

Today we will view The Century 1990's and beyond

Tips on writing US History Regents essays - Mr. Klaff

US History DBQ and Thematic topics from Greece NY CSD

Current Events
Breaking News this morning - ISIS Claims Duel Attacks in Iran - NYT

Overdoses now leading cause of death in US for people under 50 - CBS

How Bots are inflating Instagram egos - NYT

Today in History

• 1494

  Spain and Portugal signed the Treaty of Tordesillas, which divided the New World between the two countries.

• 1654

  Louis XIV was crowned king of France.

• 1776

  Richard Henry Lee of Virginia introduced a resolution in the Continental Congress proposing a Declaration of Independence.

• 1892

  Homer Plessy was arrested for his refusal to move from a whites-only seat on a train. This led to the Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court decision.

• 1929

  Vatican City became a sovereign state.

• 1948

  President Eduard Beneš of Czechoslovakia resigned and the Communist takeover of the country was completed.

• 1967

  Dorothy Parker, American short story writer, poet, and critic, died.

• 2003

  Rev. V. Gene Robinson was elected the first openly gay bishop by New Hampshire Episcopalians.

Tuesday, June 6

Good morning!

Today we will finish The Century, 1981-89

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Current Events
Silicon Valley billionaires remaking America's schools - NYT

Study shows TV networks are losing viewers to their smartphones - NYP

Today in History

• 1844

  The Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) was founded in London.

• 1933

  The first drive-in movie theater opened in Camden, New Jersey.

• 1934

  The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) was established to protect investors and maintain the integrity of the securities markets.

• 1944

  Thousands of Allied troops invaded the beaches of Normandy, France, on D-Day.

• 1982

  Israel invaded Lebanon to drive out the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).

• 2001

  Vermont Republican Senator James Jeffords left the party to become an independent, handing control of the Senate back to the Democrats.

• 2002

  President Bush proposed a new Cabinet department: The Department of Homeland Security.

Monday, June 5

Good morning!

Today we will review the 1980s ABC News - The Century - 1981-89

US History REGENTS REVIEW - Look over this link to review/study US Supreme Court cases covered on Regents!!!!

Supreme Court cases - FLASH CARDS - LOOK OVER

HOMEWORK - ABC The Century 1975-79

Current Events
After London attack Saturday, British PM says "Enough is enough" - NYT

North Rockland turns out to support three residents - TJN

Today in History

• 1783

  Joseph and Jacques Montgolfier gave the first successful balloon flight demonstration.

• 1884

  Civil War hero Gen. William T. Sherman refused the Republican nomination for president with the words, “I will not accept if nominated and will not serve if elected.”

• 1933

  The United States went off the gold standard.

• 1947

  Sen. George Marshall proposed a plan (Marshall Plan) to help Europe recover financially from the effects of World War II.

• 1967

  The Arab-Israeli Six-Day War began.

• 1968

  Sen. Robert F. Kennedy was shot by an assassin and died the next day.

• 1981

  The Centers for Disease Control published the first report about the disease that would later become known as AIDS.

• 2002

  Elizabeth Smart was kidnapped from her Salt Lake City home.

• 2004

  Former president Ronald Reagan died.

• 2013

  The British newspaper the Guardian published the first of many stories based on leaks by Edward Snowden about the top-secret surveillance activities of the National Security Agency.

Friday, June 2

Good morning!

Today we will take the June 2014 US Regents

Current Events
US pulls out of Paris Accords; Trump says he's willing to renegotiate the terms - NYT

A few months before it opens, TZ Bridge is drivable -NYT

Today in History 

• 1886

  Grover Cleveland became the first U.S. president to get married in the White House.

• 1924

  Congress granted U.S. citizenship to all American Indians.

• 1941

  Baseball great, Lou Gehrig died of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, ALS, a rare type of paralysis now referred to as Lou Gehrig's disease.

• 1946

  In Italy, a plebiscite rejected the monarchy in favor of a republic.

• 1953

  Queen Elizabeth II of Britain was crowned in Westminster Abbey.

• 1997

  Timothy McVeigh was found guilty of the bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma City.

• 2003

  The European Space Agency launched the Mars Express probe. Contact with the lander Beagle 2 was lost in December.

Thursday, June 1

Good morning!

Today we will work on packet on the 60's and 70's

Homework - View the video The Century, 1970-75

Current Events
Will the US walk away from the Paris Accord? The world will find out at 3 p.m. - NYT

Kushner isn't the first person to use back channels to communicate with world leaders - NYT

Deadly bombing in Kabul is one of Afghan War's worst strikes - NYT

Today in History

• 1792

  Kentucky became the 15th state in the United States.

• 1796

  Tennessee became the 16th state in the United States.

• 1938

  The first issue of Action Comics, featuring Superman, was published.

• 1958

  General Charles De Gaulle became the premier of France.

• 1968

  Helen Keller, blind and deaf author-lecturer, died.

• 1980

  Cable News Network (CNN) debuted.

• 2001

  Nepal’s Crown Prince Dipendra went on a shooting spree, killing his father, mother, sister, brother, and other members of the royal family before shooting himself.