Thursday, Dec 14

Good morning!

Today we will view America Story of US - Civil War

Current Events
Senate and House agree on final tax bill; should get to President next week - NYT

Disney agrees to by 21st century Fox; reshapes entertainment industry - NYT

Today in History

• 1799

  George Washington died at age 67.

• 1819

  Alabama became the 22nd state in the United States.

• 1911

  Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen became the first man to reach the South Pole, beating an expedition led by Robert F. Scott.

• 1939

  The Soviet Union was dropped from the League of Nations.

• 1967

  DNA synthesized for the first time.

• 1981

  Israel formally annexed the Golan Heights.

• 1985

  Wilma Mankiller became the first woman to lead a major American Indian tribe as she took office as principal chief of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma.

• 1989

  Nobel Peace laureate Andrei D. Sakharov died in Moscow at age 68.

• 2012

  Adam Lanza, age 20, forced his way into Sandy Hook Elementary School, in Newtown, Connecticut, and killed 26 people. The victims included 20 children between the ages of six and seven.