Monday, October 30

Good morning!

Today we will view power point on Launching the New Nation

Current Events
Stony Point Police Dept celebrates 50 years - LoHud

Recovery efforts continue in Rockland, 5 years after Superstorm Sandy - LoHud

Former President Obama summoned for jury duty in Cook County, Illinois - NYT
Today in History

• 1534

  The English parliament passed the Act of Supremacy, making King Henry VIII head of the English church.

• 1938

  Radio broadcast of The War of the Worlds, starring Orson Welles, caused nationwide panic among listeners.

• 1944

  Martha Graham's ballet Appalachian Spring, with music by Aaron Copland, premiered.

• 1953

  Gen. George C. Marshall won the Nobel Peace Prize for originating the Marshall Plan.

• 1974

  Muhammad Ali knocked out George Foreman in the eighth round of a 15-round bout in Kinshasa, Zaire ("rumble in the jungle") to regain his world heavyweight title.