Friday, Dec 8

Good morning!

Today we will work on the events leading up to the Civil War

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Today in History

• 1854

  Pope Pius IX proclaimed the dogma of the Immaculate Conception.

• 1886

  The American Federation of Labor was founded at a convention of union leaders in Columbus, Ohio.

• 1941

  Congress declared war on Japan and the U.S. entered World War II.

• 1949

  Communist attacks forced the Chinese Nationalist government to flee to the island of Formosa (Taiwan).

• 1978

  Former Israeli prime minister Golda Meir died.

• 1980

  John Lennon, former member of the Beatles, was shot and killed in New York City by a deranged fan.

• 1987

  President Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev signed the first treaty to reduce the nuclear arsenals of the two superpowers.

• 1993

  President Bill Clinton signed The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) into law.