Tuesday, Dec 19

Good morning!

Today we will continue to view Gangs of New York

Current Events
Amtrak train derails in Oregon; speed may be to blame - NYP

How to do things better in 2018 - NYT

Today in History

• 1732

  Benjamin Franklin began publishing Poor Richard's Almanac.

• 1776

  Thomas Paine published his first American Crisis essay, in which he wrote, "These are the times that try men's souls."

• 1843

  Charles Dickens published "A Christmas Carol."

• 1946

  War broke out in Indochina when Ho Chi Minh attacked the French.

• 1972

  Apollo 17 splashed down in the Pacific, ending the Apollo program of manned lunar landings.

• 1984

  Britain and China signed an accord returning Hong Kong to Chinese sovereignty on July 1, 1997.

• 1998

  President Bill Clinton impeached on two counts by the House of Representatives.

• 2003

  Muammar al-Qaddafi of Libya announced that his country would discontinue development of weapons of mass destruction.