Wednesday, December 5th

Good morning!

Today we will finish America, Story of US. If time allows, we will view a portion of President Bush's funeral.

Current Events
200+ grades changed in New Rochelle High student scandal - LoHud

The two President Bushes interesting relationship - NYT

Today in History

• 1776

  The first scholastic fraternity in America, Phi Beta Kappa, was organized at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Va.

• 1791

  Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died in Vienna, Austria, at age 35.

• 1848

  President Polk triggered the Gold Rush of 1848 by confirming that gold had been discovered in California.

• 1872

  Having left New York on Nov. 5, the brigantine Mary Celeste was found adrift off Portugal with everyone aboard mysteriously missing.

• 1933

  The 21st Amendment to the Constitution, repealing prohibition, was ratified.

• 1955

  The American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merged to form the AFL-CIO.

• 2002

  At Sen. Strom Thurmond's 100th birthday celebration, Senate Republican leader Trent Lott praised Thurmond's 1948 segregationist presidential bid. Lott subsequently resigned his leadership position.

• 2004

  Hamid Karzai was sworn in as Afghanistan's first popularly elected president.

• 2009

  An Italian jury convicts Amanda Knox, an American student, of murdering her former roommate, English student Meredith Kercher, in 2007.