Friday, Feb 9

Good morning!

Today we will start and/or finish the Mid-Year assessment

Current Events
While you were sleeping....US Gov't shutdown and has already re-opened - THR

We all have a stake in the stock market, right? Guess again - NYT

Today in History

• 1861

  Jefferson Davis was chosen as the president of the Confederate States of America.

• 1943

  The battle of Guadalcanal ended with an American victory.

• 1950

  Senator Joseph McCarthy claimed he had evidence there were card-carrying members of the Communist Party in the State Department.

• 1964

  The Beatles made their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show.

• 1991

  Lithuanians voted overwhelmingly for independence from the Soviet Union.

• 2001

  A U.S. nuclear sub struck the Ehime Maru, a Japanese fishing boat.