Friday, November 3

Good morning!

Today we will view America Story of US, Westward

Current Events
President Trump's twitter account shut down for 11 minutes last night - NYT

I phone 10's are selling quicker than first thought - NYT

Today in History

• 1839

  The first Opium War between China and Britain broke out.

• 1903

  Panama proclaimed its independence from Colombia.

• 1952

  Clarence Birdseye marketed the first frozen peas.

• 1957

  The Soviet Union sent the first animal, a dog named Laika, into space aboard the Sputnik II. Laika died in orbit.

• 1986

  A Lebanese magazine broke the story of U.S. arms sales to Iran, leading to the Iran-Contra affair.

• 1992

  Carol Moseley-Braun became the first black woman elected to the U.S. Senate.

• 2004

  Hamid Karzai was declared the winner in Afghanistan's first presidential election.