2/14/24- Happy Valentine’s Day! 41 days until Yankees ‘Opening Day!’
Word of the day-Sequester-A general cut in government spending
Quote of the day- “Love is when the other person’s happiness is more important than your own”-H. Jackson Brown Jr.
1778– The United States Flag is formally recognized by a foreign naval vessel for the first time, when French Admiral Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte rendered a nine gun salute to USS Ranger, commanded by John Paul Jones.
1929– Saint Valentine's Day massacre: Seven people, six of them gangster rivals of Al Capone's gang, are murdered in Chicago, Illinois.
2018– Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in the Miami metropolitan area is one of the deadliest school massacres with 17 fatalities and 15 injuries.
Birthdays:
1942– Michael Bloomberg, American businessman and politician, 108th Mayor of New York City
1944– Carl Bernstein, American journalist and author
1972 – Rob Thomas, American singer-songwriter
Periods 3, 9,10-(American I)- Assign Chapter 8 test review. ‘Jackson’/Van Buren/Harrison/Tyler. Chapter 8 test Wednesday 2/19/25!!! Here is copy of Chapter 8 section 5 notes.
