Thursday, October 18

Good morning!

Today we will view America, Story of US - Revolution

Current Events
Ex-Stony Point town engineer sues town for $1 million - LoHud

New Tappan Zee Bridge missed completion deadline - will it impact tolls in 2020? LoHud

What to do if you win the MegaMillions $900 million prize - NYP
Today in History

• 1469

  Ferdinand II of Aragón married Isabella of Castile, uniting Spain and making it a dominant world power.

• 1685

  Louis XIV revoked the Edict of Nantes.

• 1767

  The boundary between Maryland and Pennsylvania, the Mason-Dixon line, was agreed upon.

• 1867

  The United States took possession of Alaska from Russia.

• 1912

  The first Balkan War broke out.

• 1931

  Inventor Thomas Alva Edison died in West Orange, N.J., at age 84.

• 1968

  The U.S. Olympic Committee suspended two black athletes for giving a "black power" salute during a victory ceremony at the Mexico City games.

• 2011

  Gilad Shalit, a 25-year-old Israeli soldier, is released after being held for more than five years by Hamas. He is exchanged for 1,000 Palestinian prisoners. Shalit had been held in Gaza since Palestinian militants kidnapped him in 2006.