Friday, March 16

Good morning!

Today we will work on Power point from March 14th blog Click here for 3/14 power point

Current Events
Special Olympics forces Stony Point Seals to change name of their polar plunge - LoHud

Former Ramapo Supervisor St. Lawrence surrenders to Federal prison to begin 30-month stint - LoHud

Toys R US to close all US stores - NYT

Today in History

• 1521

  Ferdinand Magellan reached the Philippines.

• 1850

  Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel The Scarlet Letter was published.

• 1926

  The first liquid-fuel rocket was successfully launched by Prof. Robert Goddard at Auburn, Massachusetts. The rocket traveled 184 feet in 2.5 seconds.

• 1935

  Adolf Hitler cancelled the military clauses of the Treaty of Versailles.

• 1968

  The My Lai massacre occurred in Vietnam.

• 1978

  Italian politician Aldo Moro was kidnapped, and later murdered, by the Red Brigades.

• 1985

  U.S. journalist Terry Anderson was kidnapped in Beirut; he was not released until December 4, 1991 after 2454 days in captivity.

• 1988

  Lieutenant Colonel Oliver L. North and Vice Admiral John M. Poindexter of the National Security Council are indicted on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States for their role in the Iran-contra affair.