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.