Thursday, October 4

Good morning!

Today we will work on the differences/similarities between the Northern and Southern colonies BEFORE 1770's

Current Events
FBI submits Kavanaugh report to Senate; vote expected by Saturday - CNN

Letchworth Village, Past, Present and Future - LoHud

Here's how much fast food Americans are eating - CNN

Today in History

• 1887

  The International Herald Tribune was published for the first time.

• 1895

  The first U.S. Open Golf tournament was held in Newport, Rhode Island.

• 1957

  The Soviet Union launched the first artificial satellite, Sputnik, into orbit around the earth, ushering in the Space Age and Space Race.

• 1965

  Pope Paul VI made the first visit to the Western Hemisphere by a reigning pope. He came to New York to address the UN General Assembly.

• 1970

  Rock singer Janis Joplin was found dead of a drug overdose at age 27.

• 1990

  The German parliament met for the first time since the reunification of Germany.

• 2001

  Authorities confirmed a tabloid editor in Florida had contracted anthrax. He died the next day.

• 2002

  John Walker Lindh, the "American Taliban," received a 20-year sentence.