Tuesday, Oct 31

Good morning!  Happy Halloween!

Today we will continue the power point.

Current Events
Getting the keys to a Habitat home in Haverstraw - LoHud

Special Prosecutor Mueller hands out first indictments - NYT

Today in History

• 1517

  Martin Luther posted the 95 Theses on the door of the Wittenberg Palace church, marking the start of the Protestant Reformation in Germany.

• 1846

  A heavy snowfall trapped the Donner Party in the Sierra Nevada mountains.

• 1864

  Nevada became the 36th state.

• 1941

  Work on the Mount Rushmore monument was completed.

• 1956

  Rear Admiral G. J. Dufek became the first person to land an airplane at the South Pole.

• 1984

  Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated.

• 1992

  Pope John Paul II admitted that the Roman Catholic Church had erred in convicting Galileo of heresy 350 years earlier.