Monday, November 27

Good morning!

Today we will view America, The Story of US - Division

Current Events
Anthony Senerchia, from Westchester, the man who created the Ice Bucket Challenge, dies at 46 - LoHud

2 injured after gun discharges at Middletown mall - LoHud

Today in History

• 1841

  Thirty-five Amistad survivors return to Africa.

• 1852

  Lord Byron's daughter Ada died. She had assisted Charles Babbage with his "analytical engine" and is credited with inventing computer language.

• 1895

  Alfred Nobel signed his last will, which established the Nobel Prize.

• 1910

  New York's Pennsylvania Station opened.

• 1953

  Playwright Eugene O'Neill died in Boston at age 65.

• 1970

  Pope Paul VI was attacked at the Manila airport by a Bolivian painter disguised as a priest.

• 1973

  Gerald R. Ford was confirmed by the Senate to become vice president, succeeding Spiro T. Agnew.

• 2003

  President Bush secretly flew to Iraq to spend Thanksgiving with the troops.