Friday, May 2, 2025

May 2, 2025

 

  • 5/2/25- Happy Friday!! TGIF!!

  • Word of the day-jingoism-a feeling of strong national pride and a desire for an aggressive foreign policy

  • Quote of the day- “Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened”- Dr. Seuss

  • 1611King James Bible is published for the first time in London, England, by printer Robert Barker.

  • 1863– American Civil War: Stonewall Jackson is wounded by friendly fire while returning to camp after reconnoitering during the Battle of Chancellorsville. He succumbs to pneumonia eight days later.

2011– Osama bin Laden, the suspected mastermind behind the September 11 attacks and the FBI's most wanted man is killed by the United States special forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan.

Birthdays:

  • 1936 – Engelbert Humperdinck, English singer

  • 1950 – Lou Gramm, American singer-songwriter and musician (Foreigner and Shadow King)

  • 1972 – Dwayne Johnson, American wrestler and actor

  • Periods 3, 9,10-(American I)- Finish ‘March to War’.

  • Period 5-6/7-8-(American II)- Chapter 16 Test (makeups/finish) Chapter 17 vocabulary-Due Tuesday 5/6/25.  Chapter 16 notes-Due Wednesday 5/7/25.

  • ***ALL CLASSES- APRIL WORDS/QUOTES ARE DUE FRIDAY 5/9/25!!!

  • Have a great weekend!

  • Go Yanks!

  • Mr. D