Monday, Feb 26

Good morning!

Welcome Back! Hope you had an enjoyable week off!

Today we will begin to study late 1800's

Current Events
Metro-North could be coming to Woodbury Commons - LoHud

Measles caution in Hudson Valley - LoHud

Stoneman Douglass students begin to return to campus, ahead of Wednesday's opening - NYT

Today in History

• 1815

  Napoleon Bonaparte escaped from exile on the island of Elba.

• 1870

  A 312-ft long pneumatic subway was opened in New York City; funding for a larger version never materialized.

• 1901

  Leaders of the Boxer Uprising in China, Chi-hsui and Hsu Cheng-yu, were beheaded.

• 1919

  Grand Canyon National Park was established.

• 1935

  RADAR (Radio Detection and Ranging) was first demonstrated by Robert Watson-Watt.

• 1993

  A bomb exploded at the World Trade Center in New York. The blast killed six people and injured more than 1,000.