Friday, January 4

Good morning!

Today we will continue to work on Transportation Revolution power point

Current Events
Local mayors briefed about taking down remaining TZ Bridge with explosives - LoHud

NY TImes shows how 6 New Yorkers are living past age 85 - NYT

Today in History

• 1885

  Dr. William W. Grant of Davenport, Iowa, performed what is thought to be the first appendectomy.

• 1896

  Utah was admitted as 45th state in the United States.

• 1904

  In Gonzales v. Williams, the U.S. Supreme Court decided that citizens of Puerto Rico are not aliens and can enter the U.S. freely.

• 1948

  Burma (Myanmar) gained independence from Great Britain.

• 1951

  During the Korean War, North Korean and Communist Chinese forces captured the city of Seoul.

• 1965

  President Johnson outlined his "Great Society" in his State of the Union address.

• 1999

  The U.S. Mint began distributing the 50 State Quarters.

• 2007

  California Democrat Nancy Pelosi becomes the first woman U.S. Speaker of the House of Representatives.