Friday, September 14

Good morning!

Today we will take the US History Pre-Test

Current Events

Stony Point looking to develop land around Patriot Hills GC - LoHud

Cuomo wins primary; on to November election - NYT

Gas explosions rip through Massachusetts towns - NYT

Google knows where you've been - NYT

Today in History

• 1814

  Francis Scott Key composed the lyrics to The Star Spangled Banner.

• 1901

  President McKinley died of gunshot wounds inflicted by an assassin. Vice President Theodore Roosevelt succeeded him.

• 1927

  Modern dance pioneer Isadora Duncan died in Nice, France.

• 1940

  Congress passed the Selective Service Act, providing for the first peacetime draft in U.S. history.

• 1959

  The Soviet space probe Luna 2 became the first man-made object to reach the Moon when it crashed onto the lunar surface.

• 1982

  Princess Grace of Monaco died from injuries sustained in a car crash the previous day.

• 1994

  Acting commissioner Bud Selig announced the cancellation of the 1994 baseball season on the 34th day of a strike by players.