Wednesday, April 4

Good morning!

Welcome back from Spring Break!

Today is the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King's assassination - Smithsonian Channel

We will begin viewing "Cinderella Man" today. You will be given questions to answer through the film. (If you are away, please e-mail Mr. Metcalf for the questions, so that you can turn them in upon your return).

Current Events
Judge sends Patrick Farms plans back to "Square 1" - LoHud

Nyack home known as "Pretty Penny," once owned by Helen Hayes and Rosie O'Donnell, back on market - LoHud

Today in History

Tomorrow

• 1818

  Congress adopted a U.S. flag with one star for each state.

• 1841

  President William Henry Harrison died from pneumonia, one month after his inauguration.

• 1905

  Earthquake in Kangra, India, killed more than 20,000.

• 1945

  The Ohrdruf death camp was liberated from Nazi occupation.

• 1949

  The treaty establishing the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was signed.

• 1968

  Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated.

• 1973

  The ribbon was cut to open the World Trade Center in New York City.

• 1979

  Pakistan prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was executed by the military.

• 1981

  Henry Cisneros became the mayor of San Antonio, Texas: the first Hispanic mayor of a major U.S. city.

• 1983

  Sally Ride became the first U.S. woman in space aboard the space shuttle Challenger.