Thursday, Dec 6

Good morning!

Today and tomorrow we will work on a packet covering the 1810's - 1840's in class.

Current Events
Divorcing couples rush to finish before the end of the year for tax purposes - LoHud

Greenhouse gas emissions severely impacting the world - NYT

President Bush, 41st US president, funeral and burial today in Texas - NYT

Today in History

• 1884

  Construction of the Washington Monument was completed.

• 1889

  Jefferson Davis, the first and only president of the Confederate States of America, died in New Orleans.

• 1923

  A presidential address was broadcast on the radio for the first time when Calvin Coolidge spoke before Congress.

• 1926

  French impressionist painter Claude Monet died at age 86.

• 1973

  Gerald Ford was sworn in as vice president, replacing Spiro T. Agnew.

• 1992

  The destruction of a mosque in India by Hindu extremists set off two months of Muslim-Hindu fighting that claimed at least 2,000 lives.

• 1998

  Hugo Chavez elected president of Venezuela.