Thursday, March 22

Good morning!

Today we will view America, Story of US - Bust episode

Current Events
Facebook, facing crisis, promises better privacy - NYT

Lucky breaks, video, pink gloves led to Austin Bombing Suspect - NYT

Today in History

• 1765

  The Stamp Act was enacted on the American colonies by Britain.

• 1820

  U.S. naval hero Stephen Decatur was killed in a duel with dishonored former Chesapeake captain James Barron.

• 1894

  The first Stanley Cup championship game was played. The Montreal Amateur Athletic Association (which won the cup unchallenged the previous year) triumphed over the Ottawa Capitals.

• 1895

  Auguste and Louis Lumiere first demonstrated motion pictures using celluloid film in Paris.

• 1933

  The first German concentration camp was opened at Dachau.

• 1945

  The Arab League was formed in Cairo, by Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria.

• 1972

  Congress approved the Equal Rights Amendment and sent it to be ratified by the states. The amendment would fail to get the required 38 states to ratify it.

• 1997

  Comet Hale-Bopp made its closest approach to Earth in the skies over the northern hemisphere. The comet’s next pass is predicted for the year 4397.

• 2012

  Amadou Toumani Touré, The President of Mali, was ousted in a coup d'état.