Monday, Sept 11

Good morning!

Remember that 13 North Rockland families (and countless extended families), lost loved ones on this day, 16 years ago.

We will discuss the events of  Sept 11 As it Happened


Current Events

Hurricane Irma roars through Florida - NYT

Rose Memorial Library seeks funding for expansion - LoHud

NY Today, The children of 9/11 - NYT

Today in History

• 1789

  Alexander Hamilton was appointed the first Secretary of the Treasury.

• 1936

  President Franklin Delano Roosevelt dedicated Boulder Dam (now Hoover Dam) in Nevada.

• 1962

  The Beatles recorded their first single, Love Me Do.

• 1971

  Former Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev died at age 77.

• 1997

  In Scotland, voters approved the establishment of a parliament to run their domestic affairs, after 290 years of union with England.

• 2001

  Two hijacked commercial jets were crashed by terrorists into the north and south towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, causing the collapse of both towers. A short while later, another plane was crashed into the Pentagon, and fourth into a field near Shanksville, Pa.

• 2012

  Armed gunmen stormed the American consulate in Benghazi and killed U.S. ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens and three other embassy officials.