Tuesday, Sept 25

Good morning!

Today we will continue to study the work posted on 9/24 in Google Classroom.

Current Events
Rockland Community College named among top in U.S. for LGBTQ students - LoHud

Cashless tolls (EZ pass) drive revenue for Thruway Authority - LoHud

Today in History

• 1775

  Ethan Allen was captured by the British.

• 1789

  The first Congress adopted 12 amendments to the Constitution and sent them to the states for ratification. The first ten became the Bill of Rights.

• 1890

  Wilford Woodruff, president of the Mormon church, renounced the practice of polygamy. This paved the way for Utah's acceptance as a state in 1896.

• 1957

  Nine black children were escorted to Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, under heavily armed guard, because of racial violence.

• 1981

  Sandra Day O'Connor was sworn in as the first female justice on the Supreme Court.

• 2003

  It was reported that more than 14,000 had lost their lives in France in a summer heat wave.

• 2011

  King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia grants women the right to vote and run for office in future elections.