Monday, Dec 18

Good morning!

Today we will finish America, Story of US & begin Gangs of NY

Current Events
Former North Rockland track coach Gene Dall inducted into Armory Coaches Hall of Fame - LoHud

Power failure at Hartsfield-Atlanta airport is felt nation wide - NYT

Today in History

• 1737

  Violin maker Antonio Stradivari died in Cremona, Italy.

• 1787

  New Jersey became the third state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.

• 1865

  Slavery was abolished with the ratification of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution.

• 1892

  Tchaikovsky's "The Nutcracker Suite" premiered at St. Petersburg's Maryinksy Theatre.

• 1944

  The Supreme Court upheld the wartime internment of Japanese-Americans.

• 1956

  Japan was admitted to the United Nations.

• 1957

  The Shippingport Atomic Power Station in Pennsylvania became the first civilian nuclear facility to generate electricity in the United States.

• 1969

  The British Parliament abolished the death penalty for murder.

• 2000

  George W. Bush received 271 votes in the delayed Electoral College balloting.

• 2010

  The Senate votes 65 to 31 in favor of repealing Don't Ask, Don't Tell, the Clinton-era military policy that forbids openly gay men and women from serving in the military.