Wednesday, October 3

Good morning!

Today we will work on Key Terms for chapter 4

Current Events
Storms knock out power to over 2,000 - LoHud

Did you know? The Bear Mountain Bridge has been renamed - LoHud

FBI expects to complete Kavanaugh probe today; vote this week - NYT

At 2:18 p.m. today you will get a "presidential alert." You cannot opt out - NYT

Today in History

• 1226

  St. Francis of Assisi, founder of the Franciscan order, died.

• 1863

  President Lincoln declared the last Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day.

• 1922

  Rebecca L. Felton became the first woman U.S. Senator when she was appointed to serve out the term of Senator Thomas E. Watson.

• 1929

  The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes formally changed its name to the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.

• 1955

  Captain Kangaroo and The Mickey Mouse Club premiered on television.

• 1974

  Frank Robinson was named the first African-American manager in major league baseball.

• 1990

  East Germany and West Germany united to become Germany, 45 years after being split into two countries at the end of World War II.