Monday, January 29

Good morning!

Today we will continue to review for the Mid-Year assessment. The assessment will be on Thursday, Feb 1st.

Current Events
The Corporate Giant behind cashless tolls - LoHud

Indian slavery once thrived in New Mexico. Latinos are finding family ties to it - NYT

US soldiers are revealing sensitive and dangerous information ........by jogging - Washington Post

Today in History

• 1802

  John Beckley became the first Librarian of Congress. He was paid $2 a day.

• 1845

  Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven was published.

• 1850

  Henry Clay introduced the Compromise of 1850 to the Senate.

• 1861

  Kansas became the 34th state in the United States.

• 1886

  Karl Benz received a patent for the first successful gasoline-driven car.

• 1936

  Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson, and Walter Johnson were the first players elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.

• 1963

  Poet Robert Frost died in Boston.

• 2002

  In his State of the Union address, President Bush labels Iraq, Iran, and North Korea an "axis of evil."