February 19, 2025

 

• 2/19/25- Happy Wednesday!! 

• Word of the day-Specialization – the situation in which a nation produces a narrower range of goods and services

• Quote of the day- “The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries”-Rene Descartes

• 1807– Former Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr is arrested for treason in Wakefield, Alabama and confined to Fort Stoddert.

• 1846– In Austin, Texas the newly formed Texas state government is officially installed. The Republic of Texas government officially transfers power to the State of Texas government following Texas' annexation by the United States.

1976– Executive Order 9066, which led to the relocation of Japanese Americans to internment camps, is rescinded by President Gerald R. Ford's Proclamation 4417

• Birthdays:

• 1932– Joseph P. Kerwin, NASA astronaut

• 1940 – Smokey Robinson, American singer

• 1955 – Jeff Daniels, American actor

• Today in-

• Periods 3, 9,10-(American I)- Go over Chapter 8 Test Review. Chapter 8 test-Friday 2/21/25!!

Period 5-6/7-8-(American II)-  Chapter 14 section 1 notes/‘Capitalism/Socialism’-Crash Course. Chapter 13 test-Thursday 2/20/25. Here is copy of Chapter 13 test review.

Have a good day!

Mr. D