Thursday, November 15

Good morning!

Today we will examine the creation of the 1st Government under the US Constitution

Current Events
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Today in History

• 1763

  Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon began surveying the Mason-Dixon line.

• 1777

  The Continental Congress approved the Articles of Confederation, the precursor to the U.S. Constitution.

• 1806

  Explorer Zebulon Pike spotted the mountaintop now known as Pikes Peak.

• 1939

  The cornerstone of the Jefferson Memorial was laid by President Roosevelt.

• 1969

  About 250,000 protesters against the Vietnam War, the largest war protest ever, converged peacefully on Washington, DC.

• 2002

  Hu Jintao replaced Jiang Zemin as China's Communist Party leader.