Tuesday, March 13

Good morning!

Today we will finish America, Story of US - Boom

Current Events
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Today in History

• 1639

  Cambridge College was renamed Harvard University.

• 1781

  The German-born English astronomer Sir William Herschel discovered the planet Georgium Sidus, later known as Uranus.

• 1852

  "Uncle Sam" cartoon appeared for the first time in N.Y. Lantern weekly.

• 1868

  The Senate began President Andrew Johnson's impeachment trial.

• 1906

  Suffragist Susan B. Anthony died.

• 1925

  Tennessee passed a bill prohibiting the teaching of evolution in public schools.

• 1930

  Clyde W. Tombaugh announced the discovery of the planet Pluto.

• 1972

  Britain and China resumed full diplomatic relations after 22 years; Britain withdrew its consulate from Taiwan.

• 1996

  A man shot dead 16 children and a woman teacher in a school in Dunblane, Scotland. He then shot himself.

• 2012

  The Encyclopaedia Britannica discontinued its print edition after 244 years.