Thursday, January 23, 2025

January 23, 2025

 

  • 1/23/25- Happy Thursday!!!

  • Word of the day-Sales Taxes – taxes paid by the consumer on the goods and services people buy. 

  • Quote of the day- “Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence”-Henry David Thoreau

  • 1789– Georgetown College, the first Catholic University in the United States, is founded in Georgetown, Maryland (now a part of Washington, D.C.)

  • 1941– Charles Lindbergh testifies before the U.S. Congress and recommends that the United States negotiate a neutrality pact with Adolf Hitler.

1964– The 24th Amendment to the United States Constitution, prohibiting the use of poll taxes in national elections, is ratified.
  • Birthdays:

  • 1951 – Chesley Sullenberger American pilot, captain of US Airways Flight 1549

  • 1964 – Mariska Hargitay, American actress (AKA ‘Olivia Benston’)

  • 1976– Brandon Duckworth, American baseball player and scout

  • Today in-

  • Periods 3, 9,10-(American I)- Chapter 8 section 2 notes. ‘Railroads’/IR-Euro. 

  • Period 5-6/7-8-(American II)- ‘Peacemakers’ Chapter 12 Test-Tuesday 1/28/25!!

  • ***Quarter 3 starts Today in here!!

Have a great day!
Mr. D