Monday, October 28, 2024

October 28, 2024

 

  • 10/28/24- Happy Monday!!

  • Word of the day-Oligopoly-market structure dominated by only a few large, profitable firms 

  • Quote of the day- “Only a man who has felt ultimate despair is capable of feeling ultimate bliss”-Alexandre Dumas

  • 1636– A vote of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony establishes the first college in what would become the United States, today known as Harvard University.

  • 1886-In New York Harbor, President Grover Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty.

  • 1962– End of Cuban missile crisis: Nikita Khrushchev orders the removal of Soviet missiles from Cuba.

    • Birthdays:

    • 1955Bill Gates American businessman, co-founded Microsoft 

    • 1967 – Julia Roberts, American actress

    • 1972Terrell Davis, American football player

    • Today in-

    • Periods 3, 9,10-(American I)-  Chapter 6 section 3 notes. ’LA Purchase’ Chapter 6 vocabulary quiz-Wednesday 10/30/24.

    • Period 5-6/7-8-(American II)- Chapter 11 section 2 notes. ‘Seeds of Change’/’Progressive Era’ Chapter 11 vocabulary quiz-Monday 10/28/24

    • ***FYI-Quarter 1 will be ending in here on Thursday 10/31/24!!

    • ***FYI- Starting with quarter 2 (11/1/24) Due dates will be strictly enforced!!  If its handed in past due date it will be a 0!! Due dates are not Suggestions.

    • Have a great day! Go Yanks and G-Men!!

    • Mr. D