Monday, November 26

Good morning!

Today we will work on Chapter 7 Key Terms. It will needed to be completed for homework.

Current Events
Over 600 fed in annual Haverstraw Thanksgiving event - LoHud

Lame-duck Congress to re-open later this week with a lot on the agenda - NYT

Today in History

• 1789

  The first national Thanksgiving Day in the U.S. was proclaimed by President George Washington.

• 1922

  Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon became the first to enter the tomb of King Tutankhamen (Tut) since it was sealed in 1323 B.C.

• 1940

  The Nazis began to force Warsaw's Jews to live in a walled ghetto.

• 1950

  China entered the Korean War.

• 1975

  Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, a follower of Charles Manson, was found guilty of trying to assassinate President Ford.

• 1998

  Tony Blair became the first British prime minister to speak to the Irish parliament.

• 2000

  Katherine Harris certified George W. Bush the winner in Florida's presidential balloting.