Monday, April 30

Good morning!

Today we will discuss the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s

Current Events
Mastermind of Brink's Robbery seeks parole - LoHud

Judith Clark, convicted in Brink's robbery, up for parole - LoHud

Today in History

• 1803

  France sold Louisiana and adjoining lands to the United States as part of the Louisiana Purchase.

• 1812

  Louisiana became the 18th state in the United States.

• 1939

  U.S. commercial television made its official debut at the New York World’s Fair.The signal was transmitted from the Empire State Building.

• 1945

  Adolf Hitler and his newly married mistress Eva Braun committed suicide.

• 1948

  The Organization of American States held its first meeting in Bogotá, Colombia.

• 1975

  The Vietnam War ended with South Vietnam's surrender to North Vietnam.

• 1991

  Over 131,000 were killed and as many as 9 million left homeless when a cyclone struck Bangladesh.

• 2003

  Libya accepted responsibility for the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.

Friday, April 27

Good morning!

Today we will finish power point from 4/26 and America Story of Us

Current Events

North & South Korean leaders declared end to Korean War - NYT

Nyack Middle School students get detention for Columbine walkout - LoHud

President of Ireland coming to Rockland tomorrow - LoHud

Today in History

• 1521

  Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan was killed in a fight with natives of the Philippines.

• 1805

  The U.S. Marines captured Derna, on the shores of Tripoli.

• 1865

  The worst steamship disaster in the history of the United States occurred when there was an explosion aboard the Sultana; more than 1,400 people were killed.

• 1956

  Rocky Marciano retired as undefeated world heavyweight boxing champion.

• 1961

  Sierra Leone gained independence from Great Britain.

• 1983

  Pitcher Nolan Ryan surpassed Walter Johnson’s strikeout record—one that had held since 1927.

• 1987

  Austrian president Kurt Waldheim was barred from entering the United States. He was accused of aiding in the execution of thousands of Jews in World War II.

• 1993

  Eritrea declared itself independent.

Thursday, April 26

Good morning!

Today we will finish America, Story of US and discuss power point of 4/25

Current Events
Police target drivers passing school busses - LoHud

Karate Kid Revisted - NYT

Today in History

• 1607

  Colonists land at Cape Henry, Va., They would found Jamestown the next month.

• 1865

  John Wilkes Booth, Lincoln’s assassin, was surrounded by federal troops in a barn in Virginia. He was shot and killed, either by the soldiers or by his own hand.

• 1937

  The German Luftwaffe (air force) destroyed the Spanish town of Guernica.

• 1964

  Tanganyika and Zanzibar joined to form Tanzania.

• 1986

  The worst nuclear power plant accident in history occurred at Chernobyl, near Kiev, U.S.S.R.

• 1994

  The first multi-racial elections were held in South Africa.

• 2000

  Vermont Governor Howard Dean signed the nation's first bill allowing same-sex couples to form civil unions.

Wednesday, April 25

Good morning!

Today we will view America, Story of US

Homework - Use power point link to review the effects World War II

Current Events
NYCFC's opens its' training facility in Orangetown - LoHud

Trump's travel ban faces a Supreme Court test - NYT

Not satisfied with delivering to your home, Amazon now delivers to the trunk of your parked car - NYT

Today in History

• 1901

  New York became the first state to require license plates on cars.

• 1915

  British, Australian, and New Zealand forces landed at Gallipoli.

• 1928

  The first seeing eye dog was presented to Morris S. Frank.

• 1945

  Delegates met in San Francisco to organize the United Nations.

• 1953

  The Francis Crick and James Watson article describing the double helix of DNA is published in the magazine Nature.

• 1959

  The St. Lawrence Seaway opened to shipping.

• 1990

  Violeta Barrios de Chamorro was inaugurated as president of Nicaragua.

• 1992

  Islamic forces took over most of Kabul, Afghanistan after the Soviet-controlled government collapsed.

• 2003

  The Georgia legislature voted to scrap the "Confederate flag"design from its state flag.

Tuesday, April 24

Good morning!

Today we will continue working on WW II.

Current Events
Which communities pay the highest taxes? LoHud

Trump's first State Dinner tonight; what to expect - NYT

Today in History

• 1800

  Library of Congress was established.

• 1898

  Spain declared war on the U.S..

• 1915

  Turks began deportation of Armenians that led to the massacre of between 600,000 and 1.5 million Armenians.

• 1916

  The Easter Rebellion begins in Dublin, Ireland. Although unsuccessful, the uprising was an important symbolic event leading to the establishment of the Republic of Ireland.

• 1953

  Winston Churchill was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.

• 1990

  The shuttle Discovery blasted off with the Hubble Space Telescope.

Monday, April 23

Good morning!

Today we will examine World War II power point

Current Events
How is the new minimum wage working out in NY - LoHud

Stony Point residents go to court vs. Dunkin Donuts expansion - LoHud

Nanuet schools join South Orangetown, shift to a later start time next year - LoHud

Today in History

• 1616

  Playwright William Shakespeare died in Stratford-on-Avon, England.

• 1954

  Hank Aaron hit the first of his 755 home runs.

• 1969

  Sirhan Sirhan was sentenced to death (later reduced to a life sentence) for the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy.

• 1985

  Coca-Cola announced that it was changing its formula and introduced New Coke.

• 1998

  James Earl Ray, convicted of assassinating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., died.

• 2004

  The U.S. resumed diplomatic relations with Libya.

Thursday, April 19

Good morning!

Today we will discuss the Truman Doctrine (Mr. R)

Current Events
RCC school calendar changed for next 2 years - LoHud

Amazon has over 100 million Prime members - CNN

Today in History

• 1775

  The "shot heard around the world" was fired. Colonial Minute Men took on British Army regulars at Lexington and Concord, Mass., starting the American Revolution.

• 1824

  Lord Byron died of a fever while helping the Greeks fight the Turks.

• 1882

  Naturalist Charles Darwin, developer of the theory of evolution, died.

• 1897

  The first Boston Marathon was run.

• 1933

  The United States went off the gold standard.

• 1943

  The Warsaw ghetto uprising began, one of the first mass rebellions against the Nazis.

• 1993

  The siege at Waco, Texas, ended when FBI moved into the Branch Davidian compound with tear gas and cult members set fire to the compound killing over 80 people.

• 1995

  The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Okla., was destroyed by a car bomb. 168 people, including 19 children were killed in the worst terrorist attack in U.S. history up to that time.

• 2005

  Germany's Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger became Pope Benedict XVI.

Tuesday, April 17

Good morning!

Today we will look at Great Depression/New Deal power point

Current Events
Storm Flooding in Rockland after storms yesterday - LoHud

Polls: Gov Cuomo popularity hits record low - LoHud

Mud on this small island could change the world economy - CNN

Today in History

• 1790

  Benjamin Franklin, U.S. patriot, diplomat, and a signer of the Declaration of Independence, died in Philadelphia.

• 1895

  The Sino-Japanese War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Shimonoseki.

• 1937

  Daffy Duck made his debut in Porky's Duck Hunt.

• 1961

  Supported by the U.S. government, 1,500 exiles made the unsuccessful Bay of Pigs invasion in Cuba.

• 1964

  Geraldine Mock became the first woman to fly solo around the world.

• 1969

  Sirhan Sirhan was convicted for the murder of Robert F. Kennedy.

• 1970

  The Apollo 13 astronauts safely splashed down after their near-disastrous flight.

• 1975

  Phnom Penh fell to the Khmer Rouge, ending the five year Cambodian war.

Monday, April 16

Good morning!

Today we will view Great Depression power point

Current Events
Protest outside of Haverstraw Dunkin Donuts this weekend - LoHud

Video - 4th annual NR Sports Community Day - LoHud

Comey calls Trump a serial liar and "Stain" on colleagues - NYT

Today in History

• 1746

  The Jacobite uprising in England ends when Charles “Bonnie Prince Charlie” Stuart is defeated by the Duke of Cumberland.

• 1912

  Harriet Quimby became the first woman to fly across the English Channel.

• 1917

  Lenin returned to Russia after 10 years in exile in Switzerland.

• 1947

  Most of Texas City, Tex., destroyed when French ship Grandcamp exploded.

• 1972

  China sent President Nixon two giant pandas as a gift.

• 1999

  Hockey great Wayne Gretzky announced his retirement.

• 2007

  A male student, Cho Seung-Hui, killed two in a Virginia Tech dorm, then killed 30 more 2 hours later in a classroom building. His suicide brought the death toll to 33, making the shootingrampage the most deadly in U.S. history. Fifteen others were wounded.

Friday, April 13

Good morning!

Today we will: Period 3 (Guidance); Period 7 (DBQ)

Current Events
Rockland raises age to buy tobacco to 21 - LoHud

Seahawks postpone Kapernick workout - CNN

Today in History

• 1598

  The Edict of Nantes gave religious tolerance to the Huguenotsin France.

• 1742

  Handel’s Messiah was first publicly performed in Dublin, Ireland.

• 1964

  Sidney Poitier became the first African American to win the Academy Award for best actor.

• 1970

  Apollo 13 announced "Houston, we've got a problem," when an oxygen tank burst on the way to the Moon.

• 1975

  Civil War began in Lebanon when gunmen killed 4 Christian Phalangists who retaliated by killing 27 Palestinians.

• 1997

  Tiger Woods became the youngest person to win the Masters Tournament and the first of African descent to win a major golf title.

• 2004

  Barry Bonds hit his 661st homer, passing Willie Mays to take third place on the lifetime list.

• 2012

  Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3, a North Korean Earth observation satellite, exploded shortly after its launch. The U.S. and other countries called the launch a violation of United Nations Security Council rules.

Thursday, April 12

Good morning!

Today we will (Period 3 - work on essay); Period 7 - Key Terms

Current Events
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan to retire in January - NYT

1,000 year old shirt has a story to tell - NYT

Israel stands for Holocaust Remembrance Day - JPost

Today in History

• 1861

  The Civil War began when Fort Sumter was attacked.

• 1862

  James J. Andrews led the raiding party that stole the Confederate locomotive "The General," inspiring the 1926 Buster Keaton movie.

• 1945

  President Franklin Roosevelt died.

• 1955

  The polio vaccine of Dr. Jonas Salk was called "safe, effective, and potent."

• 1961

  Soviet cosmonaut Yuri A. Gagarin became the first human in space and also the first human to orbit the earth in a spacecraft.

• 1981

  The first space shuttle, Columbia, took its first test flight.

• 1983

  Harold Washington was elected Chicago’s first African-American mayor.

• 1999

  Arkansas federal judge Susan Webber Wright found President Clinton in contempt of court for lying about his relationship with Monica Lewinsky.

Wednesday, April 11

Good morning!

Today we will work on Key Terms.

Reminder - check the portal between now and Friday's class to determine if you have not submitted any assignments.

Current Events
Cashless tolls, Welcome to the dark future - LoHud

Mark Zuckerberg testifies on Facebook before skeptical lawyers - NYT

Today in History

• 1814

  Napoleon was exiled to the island of Elba.

• 1899

  The treaty ending the Spanish-American War took effect.

• 1921

  Iowa imposed the first state cigarette tax.

• 1945

  Allies liberated Buchenwald concentration camp.

• 1951

  President Harry Truman fired General Douglas McArthur.

• 1968

  President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the 1968 Civil Rights Act.

• 1979

  Ugandan dictator Idi Amin was overthrown.

• 1981

  President Ronald Reagan returned to the White House after he was shot in an assassination attempt.

• 2007

  Science-fiction writer Kurt Vonnegut died in New York City at age 84.

Tuesday, April 10

Good morning!

Today we will finish Cinderella Man. Questions are due tomorrow.

Homework - Finish classwork (Ch 22 Key Terms)

Current Events
Will state changes to exam lead to more or less students opting out? LoHud

New state budget changes wording about education in yeshivas - THR

F.B.I. raids Office of Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen - NYT

Today in History

• 1790

  The U.S. patent system was formed.

• 1849

  The safety pin was patented by Walter Hunt, in New York.

• 1866

  The American Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) was chartered.

• 1912

  Titanic set sail on its fateful voyage.

• 1947

  Branch Rickey of the Brooklyn Dodgers announced that Jackie Robinson had signed with the team.

• 1963

  The atomic-powered submarine Thresher sank off Cape Cod, Mass.

• 1970

  Paul McCartney announced the official split of the Beatles.

• 1974

  Israeli prime minister Golda Meir announced her resignation.

• 1998

  The Northern Ireland "Good Friday Accord" was reached.

• 2003

  The U.S. House passed the "Amber Alert" bill. It provided a system for alerting the public about missing or abducted children.

Friday, April 6

Good morning!

Today we will continue viewing Cinderella Man. (Please bring your question sheet)

Current Events
Black Womens' March to go on as planned - LoHud

Rockland joins celebration, as Israel turns 70 - LoHud

Trump considers another $100 billion in potential trade war with China - NYT

Today in History

• 1830

  Joseph Smith and five others organized the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Fayette, New York.

• 1862

  The Battle of Shiloh in the American Civil War began.

• 1896

  First modern Olympic Games opened in Athens, Greece.

• 1909

  Robert Peary and Matthew Henson became the first to reach the North Pole.

• 1917

  U.S. declared war on Germany and entered World War I.

• 1994

  The presidents of Rwanda and Burundi were killed in a plane crash.

Thursday, April 5

Good morning!

Today we will continue to view Cinderella Man. (If you are away, please e-mail me and I will forward the questions to you).

Current Events
Black Womens' march planned for new TZ Bridge on Saturday (Officials say they will not be able to cross on it) - LoHud

Facebook now says 87 million people impacted by data breach - NYT

Today in History

• 1614

  Pocahontas married John Rolfe.

• 1792

  George Washington cast the first presidential veto.

• 1887

  Anne Sullivan makes the breakthrough to Helen Keller by spelling "water" in the manual alphabet.

• 1951

  Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sentenced to death for giving away atomic secrets to the Russians.

• 1955

  Winston Churchill resigned as prime minister of Britain.

• 1971

  Canadian Fran Phipps became the first woman to reach the North Pole.

• 1999

  Libya gave over two suspects in the Lockerbie, Scotland Pan Am bombing.