Tuesday, November 14

Good morning!

Today we will finish power point of 11/9

Current Events
Recalling Rockland before Tappan Zee Bridge (1955) - LoHud

Justice Dept to look into Clinton Foundation - NYT

Today in History

• 1851

  Herman Melville's novel Moby Dick was published.

• 1889

  Nellie Bly set out to beat Jules Verne's fictional Phileas Fogg's time of 80 days to travel around the world. She did it in 72.

• 1922

  The British Broadcasting Corporation began its domestic radio service.

• 1969

  Apollo 12, the second manned lunar expedition, was launched.

• 1995

  The U.S. federal government began a partial shut down of government services after the U.S. Congress could not pass a budget.

• 2002

  Nancy Pelosi of California became the first woman to lead a party in Congress.

• 2003

  The most distant object ever found in our solar system, named Sedna, was discovered by astronomers at the Mount Palomar Observatory.