Tuesday, April 24

Good morning!

Today we will continue working on WW II.

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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.