Tuesday, January 23

Good morning!

Today we will continue to work on American history

Current Events
US Government shutdown ends after 3 days - NYT

Tsunami warning for Alaska and Hawaii after 7.9 earthquake this morning - CNN

NY Giants to hire new head coach; press conference Friday - NYP

Today in History

• 1556

  The deadliest earthquake on record killed 830,000 in Shansi, China.

• 1789

  Georgetown University established in what is now Washington, DC.

• 1849

  Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman physician in the U.S.

• 1964

  The 24th Amendment to the Constitution, barring poll taxes, was ratified.

• 1968

  North Korea seized the U.S. Navy ship Pueblo (the crew was released 11 months later.)

• 1973

  President Nixon announced that an accord had been reached to end the Vietnam War.

• 1989

  Salvador Dali died in Spain at age 84.

• 1993

  The first African-American to sit on the Supreme Court, Thurgood Marshall, died.

• 2002

  Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl was kidnapped by the National Movement for the Restoration of Pakistani Sovereignty.

• 2004

  Bob Keeshan, "Captain Kangaroo," died at age 76.