Mr. Diskin's Blog: 2024

Friday, September 13, 2024

9/13/24-Happy Friday!!... The 13th!!!
Word of the day-segregation-forced separation; often by race
Quote of the day- “Courage is a mean with regard to fear and confidence”-Aristotle
1620 – The Mayflower starts her voyage to North America
1814 In a turning point in the War of 1812, the British fail to capture Baltimore. During the battle, Francis Scott Key composes his poem "Defence of Fort McHenry", which is later set to music and becomes the United States' national anthem.

Period 5-6/7-8-(American II)- Chapter 10 section 1 notes. ‘Gilded Age’.

Have a great weekend!

Mr. D

9/12/24-Happy Thursday!!
Word of the day- egalitarian-all men and women should have equal rights
Quote of the day- “A happy man is too satisfied with the present to dwell too much on the future”-Albert Einstein
1609 – Henry Hudson begins his exploration of the Hudson River while aboard the Halve Maen.
1953 – U.S. Representative John Fitzgerald Kennedy marries Jacqueline Lee Bouvier at St. Mary's Church in Newport, Rhode Island
1984 – Dwight Gooden sets the baseball record for strikeouts in a season by a rookie with 246, previously set by Herb Score in 1954. Gooden's 276 strikeouts that season, pitched in 218 innings, set the current record.
- Birthdays:
- 1959– Scott Brown, American colonel and politician
- 1986-Emmy Rossum-American actress
- 1989 – Andrew Luck, American football player
- Today in-
- Periods 3, 9,10-(American I)- ‘102 minutes that changed America’
- Period 5-6/7-8-(American II)- ‘102 minutes that changed America’
- Have a great day!
- Mr. D

9/11/24 (Never Forget)- Happy Wednesday.
Word of the day-Terrorist-Someone or group of people who use terror as a means of getting what they want politically or otherwise
Quote of the day- “Courage is knowing what not to fear”-Plato
On this date-
1777 – American Revolution: Battle of Brandywine – The British celebrate a major victory in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
1941 – Charles Lindbergh's Des Moines Speech accusing the British, Jews and the Roosevelt administration of pressing for war with Germany.
2001 – In the USA three hijacked aircraft are deliberately crashed into the twin World Trade Center towers (which collapse) in New York City and the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, in a co-ordinated attack which became known as "9/11". Another hijacked airliner in the same attack crashes in a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Nearly 3,000 people are killed.
- 1978 – Ed Reed, American football player
- 1983 – Jacoby Ellsbury, American baseball player
- 1991 – Kygo, Norwegian DJ
- Today in-
- Periods 3, 9,10-(American I)- ‘102 minutes that changed America’
- Period 5-6/7-8-(American II)- ‘102 minutes that changed America’ Chapter 10 vocabulary is due Wednesday 9/11/24!!!
- Have a great day!
- Mr. D

9/10/24-Happy Tuesday!!
Word of the day-Medicaid-federal program that provides low cost health insurance to poor Americans of any age
Quote of the day- “If more politicians knew poetry, and more poets knew politics, I am convinced the world would be a little better place in which to live”- JFK
1608 – John Smith is elected council president of Jamestown, Virginia.
1776 – American Revolutionary War: Nathan Hale volunteers to spy for the Continental Army.
1932 – The New York City Subway's third competing subway system, the municipally-owned IND, is opened.
Birthdays:
- 1949 – Bill O'Reilly, American television host and author
- 1963 – Randy Johnson, American baseball player
- 1964 – John E. Sununu, American politician
- Periods 3, 9,10-(American I)- ‘102 minutes that changed America’
- Period 5-6/7-8-(American II)- ‘102 minutes that changed America’ Chapter 10 vocabulary is due Wednesday 9/11/24!!!
- Have a great day!
- Mr. D

9/9/24-Happy Monday!!!
Word of the day-charter-certificate of permission given by the government
Quote of the day- “Always do right. This will gratify some people, and astonish the rest”-Mark Twain
1739 – Stono Rebellion, the largest slave uprising in Britain's mainland North American colonies prior to the American Revolution, erupts near Charleston, South Carolina.
1776 – The Continental Congress officially names its new union of sovereign states the United States.
1791 – Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, is named after President George Washington.
Birthdays:
- 1960 – Bob Stoops, American football coach
- 1963 – Chris Coons, American politician
- 1966 – Adam Sandler, American actor, singer, guitarist, screenwriter, and produce
- Periods 3, 9, 10-(American I)- Review notes. ‘Rebels’/’Revolution’.
- Period 5-6/7-8-(American II)- Chapter 10 vocabulary. Due Wednesday 9/11/24. ‘Gilded Age’.
- ***ALL CLASSES- SYLLABUS DUE MONDAY 9/9/24!! (COUNTS AS QUIZ GRADE!!)
- Have a great day!
- Mr. D

9/6/24-Happy Friday!! TGIF!!!
Word of the day-filibuster-an action such as a prolonged speech that obstructs progress in a legislative assembly while not technically contravening the required procedure
Quote of the day- “ Patience is not the ability to wait, but the ability to keep a good attitude while waiting.” Anonymous
1492 – Christopher Columbus sails from La Gomera in the Canary Islands, his final port of call before crossing the Atlantic Ocean for the first time
1901 – Leon Czolgosz, an unemployed anarchist, shoots and fatally wounds US President William McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York.
1995 – Cal Ripken, Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles plays in his 2,131st consecutive game, breaking a record that had stood for 56 years.
Birthdays:
- 1947 – Jane Curtin, American actress and comedian
- 1972 – Idris Elba, English actor
- 1990 – John Wall, American basketball player
- Period 5-6, 7-8 (U.S. II)- Chapter 10 vocabulary. Due Wednesday 9/11/24.
- Period 3 (U.S. 1)- ‘Review notes’. Finish ‘Rebels’.
- ALL CLASSES!!- Syllabus sheets signed due Monday 9/9/24!! (NO EXCEPTIONS!!) (counts as quiz grade)
- Have a great weekend!!
- Mr. D