Thursday, Jan 18

Good morning!

Today we will continue to study period post Reconstruction (Thematic Essay from June 16 Regents)

Current Events 
North Rockland may finally get full day kindergarten - LoHud

TZB Cashless toll amnesty program to "wipe the slate clean" - LoHud

A billion dollar investment in NYC water - NYT

Today in History

• 1733

  The first polar bear was exhibited in America, in Boston.

• 1778

  Captain James Cook became the first European to visit the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii).

• 1782

  Daniel Webster was born in Salisbury, New Hampshire.

• 1788

  The First Fleet, carrying convicts and sheep, arrived in Australia's Botany Bay.

• 1912

  The ill-fated Scott expedition reached the South Pole, only to discover Amundsen had been there first.

• 1943

  The Nazi siege of Leningrad was broken.

• 1993

  All 50 states joined in the observance of the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday.