Wednesday, Oct 4

Good morning!

Today we will finish up the causes of the American Revolution

Homework - Complete handout

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Today in History

• 1895

  The first U.S. Open Golf tournament was held in Newport, Rhode Island.

• 1957

  The Soviet Union launched the first artificial satellite, Sputnik, into orbit around the earth, ushering in the Space Age and Space Race.

• 1965

  Pope Paul VI made the first visit to the Western Hemisphere by a reigning pope. He came to New York to address the UN General Assembly.

• 1970

  Rock singer Janis Joplin was found dead of a drug overdose at age 27.

• 1990

  The German parliament met for the first time since the reunification of Germany.

• 2001

  Authorities confirmed a tabloid editor in Florida had contracted anthrax. He died the next day.

• 2002

  John Walker Lindh, the "American Taliban," received a 20-year sentence.