Wednesday, May 16

Good morning!

Today we will continue to study the power point from 5/15 - Nixon, Ford, Carter power point

Current Events
Tilcon tugboat causes diesel spill in Hudson - LoHud

Deadly storms sweep through NY region - NYT

North Korea puts next month's meeting in doubt - NYT
Today in History

• 1770

  Marie Antoinette married the future King Louis XVI of France.

• 1868

  The first ballot on one of 11 articles of impeachment in the U.S. Senate failed to convict President Andrew Johnson.

• 1929

  The first Academy Awards were given on this night. The term, Oscars, was not used to describe the statuettes given to actors and actresses until 1931.

• 1946

  The Irving Berlin musical, Annie Get Your Gun, opened on Broadway.

• 1975

  Japanese climber Junko Tabei became the first woman to summit Mount Everest.

• 1991

  Queen Elizabeth II became the first British monarch to address the United States Congress.

• 1997

  President Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire ended 32 years of autocratic rule when rebel forces led by Laurent Kabilaexpelled him from the country.