Mr. Diskin's Blog: 2025

Friday, October 3, 2025

10/3/25- Happy Friday!! TGIF!! How about them Yanks!!
Word of the day-Allegiance – devotion or loyalty.
Quote of the day- “Remember that time is money.”-Benjamin Franklin
1849– American author Edgar Allan Poe is found delirious in a gutter in Baltimore, Maryland under mysterious circumstances; it is the last time he is seen in public before his death.
1951– The "Shot Heard 'Round the World", one of the greatest moments in Major League Baseball history, occurs when the New York Giants' Bobby Thomson hits a game winning home run in the bottom of the ninth inning off of the Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Ralph Branca
1964– First Buffalo Wings are made at the Anchor Bar in Buffalo, New York.
1995– O. J. Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman.
- Birthdays:
- 1954 – Al Sharpton, American Baptist minister
- 1969 – Gwen Stefani, American musician and actress
- 1988 – ASAP Rocky, American rapper and songwriter
- Today in-
- Periods 3, 9,10-(American I)- ‘Chapter 6 section 2 notes. HW-Chapter 6 section 2 reading worksheet.
- Period 5-6/7-8-(American II)- Chapter 12 section 1 notes. HW-Chapter 12 section 1 reading worksheet. Chapter 12 vocabulary-Due Monday 10/6/25!! Review notes-Due Wednesday 10/8/25!!
- ***ALL CLASSES- August/September Words/quotes will be due Tuesday 10/7/25!! Checklist is on your google classroom!!
- Have a good day!
- Mr. D

10/2/25- Happy Thursday!!
Word of the d
ay-patronage-the financial support or business provided to a store, hotel, or the like, by customers, clients, or paying guests
Quote of the day- “The law will never make men free; it is men who have got to make the law free”-Henry David Thoreau
1919-U.S. President Woodrow Wilson suffers a massive stroke, leaving him partially paralyzed.
1967– Thurgood Marshall is sworn in as the first African-American justice of United States Supreme Court.

2002 – The Beltway sniper attacks begin, extending over three weeks.

Birthdays:
1945 – Don McLean, American songwriter
1951 – Sting, English musician and actor
1962 – Mark Rypien, American football player
Today in-
Periods 3, 9,10-(American I)- ‘Chapter 6 section 1 notes. GW- Bio. HW-Chapter 6 section 1 reading worksheet. Here is a copy of Chapter 6 section 1 notes.
Period 5-6/7-8-(American II)- ‘Review Quiz’ (Makeups) ‘Progressive Era-Just the facts’ Chapter 12 section 1 notes. HW-Chapter 12 section 1 reading worksheet. Chapter 12 vocabulary-Due Monday 10/6/25!! Review notes-Due Wednesday 10/8/25!!
***ALL CLASSES- August/September Words/quotes will be due Tuesday 10/7/25!! Checklist is on your google classroom!!
Have a good day!
Mr. D

10/1/25- Happy Wednesday!!!
Word of the day-deportation-the lawful expulsion of an undesired alien or other person from a state
Quote of the day- “I get by with a little help from my friends.-The Beatles
1880 – First electric lamp factory is opened by Thomas Edison.
1908– Ford puts the Model T car on the market at a price of US$825.
1946 – Nazi leaders are sentenced at Nuremberg Trials.
1962– First broadcast of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.
- Birthdays:
- 1950 – Randy Quaid, American actor
- 1963 – Mark McGwire, American baseball player
- 1991 – Robbie Ray, American baseball player
- Today in-
- Periods 3, 9,10-(American I)- ‘Chapter 6 section 1 notes. GW- Bio.
- Period 5-6/7-8-(American II)- ‘Review Quiz’; ‘Progressive Era-Just the facts’ Chapter 12 vocabulary-Due Monday 10/6/25!! Review notes-Due Wednesday 10/8/25!!
- ***ALL CLASSES- August/September Words/quotes will be due Tuesday 10/7/25!! Checklist is on your google classroom!!
- Have a great day!
- Mr. D

9/30/25- Happy Tuesday!!
Word of the day-demagogue-leader who manipulates people with half-truths, deceptive promises, and scare tactics
Quote of the day- “Always laugh when you can; It is cheap medicine”-Lord Byron
1882– Thomas Edison's first commercial hydroelectric power plant (later known as Appleton Edison Light Company) begins operation on the Fox River in Appleton, Wisconsin, United States.
1935– The Hoover Dam, astride the border between the U.S. states of Arizona and Nevada, is dedicated.
1972– Roberto Clemente records the 3,000th and final hit of his career.
- Birthdays:
- 1957– Fran Drescher, American actress
- 1984 – T-Pain, American rapper, producer, and actor
- 1987 – Kenley Jansen, Curaçaoan baseball player[
- Today in-
- Periods 3, 9,10-(American I)- ‘Chapter 6 section 1 notes. GW- Bio.
- Period 5-6/7-8-(American II)- ‘Review Quiz’; ‘Progressive Era-Just the facts’ Chapter 12 vocabulary-Due Monday 10/6/25!!
- ***ALL CLASSES- August/September Words/quotes will be due Tuesday 10/7/25!! Checklist is on your google classroom!!
- Have a great day!
- Mr. D

9/29/25- Happy Monday!! How about them Giants!!!
Word of the day-pocket veto-type of veto a chief executive may use after a legislature has adjourned
Quote of the day- “No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness”-Aristotle
1789 – The United States Department of War first establishes a regular army with a strength of several hundred men.
1938– Munich Agreement: Germany is given permission from France, Italy, and Great Britain to seize the territory of Sudetenland, Czechoslovakia. The meeting takes place in Munich, and leaders from neither the Soviet Union nor Czechoslovakia attend.
1979– Pope John Paul II becomes the first pope to visit Ireland.
- Birthdays:
- 1942 – Bill Nelson, American captain and politician
- 1948 – Bryant Gumbel, American journalist and sportscaster
- 1979 – Shelley Duncan, American baseball player
- Today in-
- Periods 3, 9,10-(American I)- ‘Chapter 6 section 1 notes. GW- Bio. Review notes-Due Monday 9/29/25 (10th-Panorama Survery)
Period 5-6/7-8-(American II)- ‘Progressive Era-Just the facts’. Review Quiz-Tuesday 9/30/25!!
Have a great day!
Mr. D