Monday, October 29

Good morning!

Today we will work on Chapter 5 worksheet and power point

Current Events

Quiet day at Pittsburgh synagogue Saturday shattered by gunfire - NYT

Montebello Mansion (across from Suffern Middle School) is on the market - LoHud


Today in History

• 1682

  William Penn arrived in Pennsylvania.

• 1787

  Mozart's opera Don Giovanni debuted in Prague.

• 1911

  American newspaperman Joseph Pulitzer died in Charleston, S.C.

• 1923

  The Republic of Turkey was proclaimed under Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.

• 1929

  The New York Stock Exchange crashed on Black Tuesday, precipitating the Great Depression.

• 1956

  Israel invaded the Egyptian Sinai Peninsula during the Suez Canal crisis.

• 1964

  The Star of India and other gems were stolen from the American Museum of Natural History in New York.

• 1966

  The National Organization for Women was founded.

• 1998

  John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth, returned to space at age 77.

• 2004

  European leaders signed the European Union's first constitution.

• 2008

  A 6.5 magnitude earthquake struck Baluchistan, one of Pakistan's poorest regions. At least 200 people were killed and more than 15,000 were left homeless.

• 2012

  Hurricane Sandy smashed into the eastern seaboard of the U.S., killing 117 people in the U.S. and 69 in Canada and the Caribbean. The storm caused about $50 billion in damage in the U.S.