Wednesday, Jan 10

Good morning!

Today we will finish Reconstruction power point and being Gilded Age power point

Current Events

California mudslides responsible for 13 deaths - NYT

Ice falls and destroys 18-year-old's car - THR

Deadly flu season hits California hard - NYT

Today in History

• 1776

  Thomas Paine's Common Sense, which greatly influenced the authors of the Declaration of Independence, was published.

• 1863

  The first underground passenger railway, the Metropolitan, opened in London.

• 1920

  The League of Nations came into existence.

• 1946

  The first General Assembly of the United Nations met in London.

• 1967

  The first African-American senator elected by popular vote, Edward Brooke of Massachusetts, took his seat.

• 1984

  The U.S. and the Vatican reestablished diplomatic relations after a 117-year break.

• 2003

  North Korea announced that it was withdrawing from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.