Friday, November 17

Good morning!

Today we will work on Ch 9 Key Terms

Current Events
Subway and bridge tolls going up again - LoHud

House passes tax cut bill; Senate hopes to follow next week - NYT

Today in History

• 1558

  Queen Elizabeth I of England ascended to the throne upon the death of her half-sister Queen Mary.

• 1800

  Congress met in Washington, DC, for the first time.

• 1869

  The Suez Canal opened in Egypt.

• 1917

  Sculptor Auguste Rodin died in Meudon, France.

• 1968

  Night of the "Heidi bowl:" NBC switched from football to movie of Heidi. In the missing 42 seconds, the lagging Raiders scored two touchdowns, defeating the Jets.

• 1973

  President Nixon said "I am not a crook."

• 1989

  The beginning of the "Velvet Revolution," which led to the downfall of communism in Czechoslovakia.

• 2003

  Arnold Schwarzenegger was sworn in as governor of California.