Friday, January 5

Good morning!

We are on a 2-hour delay schedule

Today we will work on Ch 12 worksheets

Current Events
George Washington's former Rockland office - yes, Really! - sold for $1.6 million - LoHud

Today and tomorrow will feel like -25 degrees - LoHud

Dow Jones (Stock Market) tops 25,000 - NYT

Today in History

• 1896

  A German newspaper reported German physicist Wilhelm Roentgen's discovery of X-rays.

• 1914

  Henry Ford introduced the $5-a-day minimum wage.

• 1925

  Nellie Tayloe Ross became the first woman governor of a state (Wyoming).

• 1972

  President Nixon ordered the development of the space shuttle.

• 2000

  INS Commissioner Doris Meissner ruled that 6-year-old Elian Gonzalez must be returned to Cuba.