Tuesday, April 17

Good morning!

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

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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.