Thursday, Oct 26

Good morning!

Today we will complete Constitution

Homework - Read 182-187 and answer questions 2 & 3

Current Events
Mississippi students need permission to read, "To Kill a Mockingbird" - NYP

Legoland is approved in Orange County, building begins Nov 1. It will open in 2020 and NYS has kicked in $25 million - THR

Today's the day; JFK papers to be released after 50 years - NYT

Today in History

• 1774

  The First Continental Congress adjourned in Philadelphia.

• 1825

  The Erie Canal, connecting Lake Erie to the Hudson River, opened.

• 1881

  Wyatt Earp, his two brothers, and Doc Holliday were involved in the gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona.

• 1975

  Anwar Sadat became the first Egyptian president to pay an official visit to the United States.

• 1979

  South Korean president Park Chung Hee was killed by the head of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency.

• 1994

  Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin of Israel and Prime Minister Abdel Salam Majali of Jordan signed a peace treaty in a ceremony attended by President Clinton.

• 2002

  Russian government forces stormed the Moscow theater held by Chechen rebels. More than 100 hostages were killed.

• 2005

  The Chicago White Sox sweep the Houston Astros to win their first World Series in 88 years.