Thursday, May 10

Good morning!

Today we will: Period 3 (work on power point); Period 7 (work with Mr. R)

Current Events

President Trumps welcomes 3 Americans freed by N. Korea early this morning - CNN

Ford forced to stop ALL production of F-150 due to a producer fire - DFN

Murals saved at Rockland Psychiatric Center date to FDR's WPA - LoHud

Today in History

• 1775

  Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain Boys captured Fort Ticonderoga from the British.

• 1863

  Confederate General Stonewall Jackson died after being accidentally shot by his own troops.

• 1869

  The United States’ first transcontinental railroad was completed with a ceremony in Promontory Summit, Utah.

• 1924

  J. Edgar Hoover became director of the FBI.

• 1940

  Winston Churchill succeeded Neville Chamberlain as British prime minister.

• 1994

  Nelson Mandela was sworn in as South Africa's first black president.