Thursday, Oct 12

Good morning!

Today we will examine the effects of the American Revolution on the new country

Yankees win; advance to ALCS against Houston!

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Today in History

• 1492

  Columbus landed in present-day Bahamas.

• 1870

  Gen. Robert E. Lee died in Lexington, Va., at age 63.

• 1960

  Soviet premier Nikita Krushchev created a disturbance at the U.N. General Assembly by pounding his desk with his shoe.

• 1964

  The Soviets launched Voskhod I, the first space capsule to carry three people into orbit.

• 1999

  NBA Hall-of-Famer Wilt Chamberlain died at his Bel Air home at age 63.

• 2000

  17 U.S. sailors killed with the terrorist attack on the USS Colein Yemen.

• 2002

  A bomb destroyed a nightclub in Bali, killing 202, mostly tourists.