Monday, November 19

Good morning!

Today we will work on power point and questions regarding Washington's presidency

Current Events
Rockland remembers JFK's assassination, 55 years ago this week - LoHud

West Point football team ranked in Top 25 for first time since 1996 - THR

40 years ago today - Giants fans crushed - Miracle at the Meadowlands - Youtube

Why I am giving 1.8 Billion for college financial aid - Mike Bloomberg

Today in History

• 1703

  A masked man held prisoner in the Bastille in Paris died. His true identity was the cause of much intrigue, and his story became the basis of literary works by François Voltaire and Alexandre Dumas.

• 1794

  John Jay and Lord Grenville signed Jay's Treaty.

• 1863

  Lincoln delivered his Gettysburg Address at the dedication of the national cemetery on the Civil War battlefield of Gettysburg, Pa.

• 1977

  Egyptian president Anwar Sadat became the first Arab leader to visit Israel.

• 1985

  Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev met for the first time in Geneva.

• 1990

  Milli Vanilli's Grammy award was rescinded after it was discovered they didn't do their own singing.