May 16, 2025

 

• 5/16/25-Happy Friday!! 

• Word of the day-quota-a numerical limit

• Quote of the day- “Diligence is the mother of good fortune, and idleness — its opposite — never brought a man to the goal of any of his best wishes”-Miguel de Cervantes

• 1868-President Andrew Johnson is acquitted in his impeachment trial by one vote in the United States Senate

• 1918– The Sedition Act of 1918 is passed by the U.S. Congress, making criticism of the government during wartime an imprisonable offense. It will be repealed less than two years later.

1988 – A report by the Surgeon General of the United States C. C. Everett Koop states that the addictive properties of nicotine are similar to those of heroin and cocaine.

Birthdays:

• 1953 – Pierce Brosnan, Irish actor

• 1966– Janet Jackson, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress

• 1986 – Megan Fox, American actress

• Today in-

• Periods 3, 9,10-(American I)- Chapter 11 section 4 notes. ‘Blood and Glory’

Period 5-6/7-8-(American II)- The Century Video Packet.

Have a great day!

Mr. D