Thursday, October 17, 2024

October 17, 2024

 

  • 10/17/24- Happy Thursday!! 

  • Word of the day-Apartheid – policy of separation of the races enforced by law 

  • Quote of the day- “I haven't a particle of confidence in a man who has no redeeming petty vices whatsoever.”-Mark Twain

  • 1781- American Revolutionary War: British General Lord Charles Cornwallis surrenders at the Siege of Yorktown.

  • 1933– Albert Einstein flees Nazi Germany and moves to the United States.

  • 1965– The 1964-1965 New York World's Fair closes after a two year run. More than 51 million people had attended the two-year event.

    • Birthdays:

    • 1962Mike Judge, American cartoonist, filmmaker and voice actor

    • 1972Eminem, American rapper

    • 1974 – John Rocker, American baseball player

    • Today in-

    • Periods 3, 9,10-(American I)-  Chapter 6 section 1-2 notes.  GW Presidency. ‘Review notes’-Due Friday 10/18/24.

    • Period 5-6/7-8-(American II)- Chapter 10 Test. (Makeups). Chapter 11 section 1 notes. ‘Progressive Era’ Chapter 11 vocabulary  Due Thursday 10/17/24. Chapter 10 notes-Due Friday 10/18/24

    • Have a great day!

    • Mr. D