Tuesday, November 21

Good morning!

Today we will work on a DBQ from the June, 2015 US Regents. It will be due when you return to school on Monday, Nov 27

Current Events
Thruway Authority defends "cashless" tolls - LoHud

Justice Dept sues to block AT&T - Time Warner merger - NYT

Today in History

• 1783

  With the Marquis d'Arlandes, Pilâtre de Rozier made the first free flight in a balloon, reaching a peak altitude of about 3,000 ft and traveling about 5 1/2 mi in 20 min.

• 1789

  North Carolina became the 12th state.

• 1922

  Georgia's Rebecca Felton was sworn into the U.S. Senate, becoming the first woman U.S. Senator.

• 1934

  Cole Porter's musical Anything Goes opened in New York City.

• 1969

  For the first time since 1930, the U.S. Senate rejected a Supreme Court nominee, Clement Haynsworth.

• 1973

  The 18 1/2 min gap in the Richard Nixon Watergate tapes was revealed.

• 1991

  Egypt's Boutros Boutros-Ghali was chosen to become secretary-general by the UN Security Council.