Thursday, September 6

Good morning!

Today we will: a) continue to look the early creation of America; b) continue interviews/stories (due tomorrow).

Current Events
Anonymous Op-Ed in the New York Times causes a stir in White House and on-line - NYT

Nike's ad with Kaepernick will run during opening NFL game tonight - NYT

New entertainment, restaurants coming to Palisades Mall - LoHud

Today in History

• 1901

  President William McKinley was shot by anarchist Leon Czolgosz at the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo, N.Y. McKinley died on September 14th.

• 1941

  Nazi Germany required all Jews over the age of six to wear a yellow Star of David on their clothes.

• 1995

  Baseball player Cal Ripken, Jr., broke Lou Gehrig's iron man record by playing in his 2,131st straight game.

• 1997

  More than 2 billion people watched Princess Diana's funeral on TV.

• 1998

  Japanese movie director Akira Kurosawa died in Tokyo at age 88.

• 2007

  Italian operatic tenor Luciano Pavarotti died at age 71.