Thursday, Oct 19

Good morning!

Today we will continue viewing America, Story of US - Revolution

Current Events

How the Nike designs for an NBA athlete - NYT

County Executive race - Day vs. Porette - LoHud

Today in History

• 1781

  British General Cornwallis surrendered to General George Washington at Yorktown, Va., bringing an end to the last major battle of the American Revolution.

• 1812

  French troops under Napoleon Bonaparte began their retreat from Moscow.

• 1960

  The United States imposes a partial embargo on goods exported to Cuba.

• 1983

  The Senate passed a bill (78–22) making Martin Luther King, Jr.'s, birthday a public holiday.

• 1987

  The stock market crashed on what came to be known as "Black Monday." Stocks dropped a record 508 points, or 22.6%, topping the drops on October 28 and 29 in 1929 that ushered in the Great Depression.