Thursday, Sept 28

Good morning!

Today we will work on bringing the colonies together leading to the causes of the American Revolution

Homework - Finish Classwork

Current Events
Rockland works to help Puerto Rico - LoHud

For a preview of the border wall, look at California - NYT

Today in History

• 1066

  William the Conqueror invaded England.

• 1542

  Portuguese explorer Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo arrived at present-day San Diego.

• 1781

  The closing campaign of the American Revolution at Yorktown Heights, Va. began.

• 1920

  Eight Chicago White Sox players were indicted for fixing the 1919 World Series in the "Black Sox scandal."

• 1924

  Two U.S. Army planes landed in Seattle after completing the first round-the-world-flight in 175 days.

• 1939

  A German-Soviet agreement divided Poland between NaziGermany and the USSR.

• 1967

  Walter Washington became the first mayor of the District of Columbia.

• 1972

  Japan and Communist China agreed to re-establish diplomatic relations.

• 1989

  Former Philippine President Ferdinand E. Marcos died in exile in Hawaii.

• 1991

  Jazz great Miles Davis died.

• 2003

  Althea Gibson, the first African-American tennis player to win at Wimbledon, died.