Thursday, Nov 29

Good morning!

Today we will wrap up early 1800's; work on Ch 7 handout.

Current Events
Brink's robber Clark's parole denial upheld - LoHud

President Trump, Gov Cuomo met yesterday at White House to discuss Gateway Tunnel project - THR

Today in History

• 1924

  Italian composer Giacomo Puccini died in Brussels before he could complete his opera "Turandot.'"

• 1929

  Commander Richard E. Byrd and a crew of three became the first to fly over the South Pole.

• 1947

  The United Nations voted to grant the Jewish people a homeland to be established in Palestine.

• 1963

  The Beatles released I Want to Hold Your Hand in Great Britain.

• 1986

  Actor Cary Grant died in Davenport, Iowa, at age 82.

• 2001

  Beatle George Harrison died of cancer.