Tuesday, January 16

Good morning!

Today we will work on Ch 14 handouts

Current Events

Funny Link

US Government shutdown looms this week - which party loses? NYT

For one Baltimore school, 7 killings in just 15 months - NYT

Today in History

• 1547

  Ivan the Terrible was crowned the first czar of Russia.

• 1883

  The U.S. Civil Service Commission established.

• 1920

  A year after it was ratified, the 18th Amendment to the Constitution, prohibiting the sale of alcoholic beverages, went into effect.

• 1942

  Actress Carole Lombard, the wife of actor Clark Gable, died in a plane crash.

• 1991

  Operation Desert Storm was announced by the White House.

• 1992

  The El Salvador government signed a peace treaty with guerrilla forces, formally ending 12 years of civil war.

• 2001

  Laurent Kabila, president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, was assassinated.

• 2003

  Space shuttle Columbia blasted off on what would be its final mission. The craft broke up on its descent on Feb. 1, killing all on board.