Mr. Diskin's Blog: September 2025

Wednesday, September 17, 2025

9/17/25-Happy Wednesday!!
Word of the day-recession-a temporary falling off of business activity
Quote of the day- “People say I steal. Well, all politicians steal.” ~ Huey P. Long
1814-Francis Scott Key finishes his poem "Defence of Fort McHenry", later to be the lyrics of "The Star-Spangled Banner".
2001-The New York Stock Exchange reopens for trading after the September 11 Attacks, the longest closure since the Great Depression.

2011-Occupy Wall Street movement begins in Zucotti Park,

Birthdays:
1960 – John Franco, American baseball player
1965 – Kyle Chandler, American actor
1992 – José Ramírez, Dominican baseball player[
Today in
Periods 3, 9,10-(American I)- ‘Review Notes’. ‘Bill of Rights’ Review section quiz-Friday 9/19/25!! (Open NOTEBOOK only!)

Period 5-6/7-8-(American II)- ‘Review Notes’ ‘Bill of Rights’.

Have a good day!

Mr. D

9/16/25-Happy Tuesday!!!
Word of the day-nomad-person who moves place to place
Quote of the day- “When you get to the end of the rope… Tie a knot”-FDR
1880 – The Cornell Daily Sun prints its first issue in Ithaca, New York. The Sun is the United States' oldest, continuously-independent college daily.
1955 – The military coup to unseat President Juan Perón of Argentina is launched at midnight.

1959 – The first successful photocopier, the Xerox 914, is introduced in a demonstration on live television from New York City.

Birthdays:
1955 – Robin Yount, American baseball player and coach
1956 – David Copperfield, American magician and actor
1974 – Julian Castro, American lawyer and politician, 16th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Today in
Periods 3, 9,10-(American I)- ‘Review Notes’. ‘Bill of Rights’ Review section quiz-Friday 9/19/25!! (Open NOTEBOOK only!)

Period 5-6/7-8-(American II)- ‘Review Notes’ ‘Bill of Rights’.

Have a great day

Mr. D

9/15/25-Happy Monday!!
Word of the day- subsidy-payment made by the government to encourage the development of certain industries
Quote of the day- “Do the thing you fear most and the death of fear is certain”-Mark Twain
1789– The United States Department of State is established (formerly known as the "Department of Foreign Affairs").
1935– The Nuremberg Laws deprive German Jews of citizenship.
1981– The Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approves Sandra Day O'Connor to become the first female justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
- Birthdays:
- 1946 – Tommy Lee Jones, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1961 – Dan Marino, American football player
- 1984 – Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex
- Today in-
- Periods 3, 9,10-(American I)- ‘102 minutes that changed America’; ‘Review notes’; ‘Revolution’
Period 5-6/7-8-(American II)- ‘102 minutes that changed America’; ‘Review notes’; ‘Revolution
Have a great day!
Mr. D

9/12/25-Happy Friday TGIF!! Good luck in Bell game! Get the bell back at West!!
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’
- ***Syllabus due Friday 9/12/25!!
- Have a great day!
- Mr. D

9/11/25 (Never Forget)- Happy Thursday.
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’
- ***Syllabus due Friday 9/12/25!!
Have a great day!
Mr. D

9/10/25-Happy Wednesday!!
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’
- ***ALL CLASSES- SYLLABUS SIGNED DUE FRIDAY 9/12/25!! (COUNTS AS QUIZ GRADE!!!)
- Have a great day!
- Mr. D