Thursday, November 1

Good morning!

Today we will work on Review packet of Revolution and creation of government

Current Events
Influx of Haitian immigrants has made Spring Valley part of "Haitian fabric" LoHud

Chemical-free powder doubles the shelf life of fruits and vegetables - CNN

University of Maryland fires its football coach one day after it was keeping him - NYT

Today in History

• 1512

  Michelangelo's paintings on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel were shown to the public for the first time.

• 1755

  Earthquake, fires, and tsunami leveled Lisbon and claimed 70,000 lives.

• 1765

  The Stamp Act, the first direct tax on the American colonies, went into effect.

• 1870

  The U.S. Weather Bureau made its first meteorological observations.

• 1936

  Benito Mussolini described the new alliance between Nazi Germany and Italy as an "axis" running between Berlin and Rome.

• 1952

  The United States exploded the first hydrogen bomb in a test in the Marshall Islands.

• 1993

  The Maastricht Treaty was enacted, establishing the European Union.