Thursday, January 11

Good morning!

Today we will continue to review the power points from this week.

Current Events
New Rochelle HS student stabbed to death in fight off campus - LoHud

Many of the original 21 Winter Olympic host cities would be too warm to host by 2050 - NYT

NYC battles oil companies over climate change - NYT

Today in History

• 1935

  Amelia Earhart became the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California.

• 1964

  The first government report regarding the dangers of cigarette smoking was issued by the U.S. Surgeon General, Luther Terry.

• 1973

  Baseball's American League adopted the "designated hitter" rule which allowed another player to bat for the pitcher.

• 2002

  The first al-Qaeda prisoners arrive at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

• 2003

  Outgoing Illinois governor George Ryan cleared the state's death row by commuting the sentences of 167 inmates.

• 2011

  The Arab Spring movement begins in Tunisia when demonstrators take to the streets to protest chronic unemployment and police brutality.