October 31, 2025

 

• 10/31/25 Happy Friday!! Happy Halloween!!!

• Word of the day-Census - an official, usually periodic enumeration of a population, often including the collection of related demographic information, taken every 10 years

• Quote of the day- “In every real man a child is hidden that wants to play”-Friedrich Nietzsche

• 1517– Protestant Reformation: Martin Luther posts his 95 theses on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg.

• 1913– Dedication of the Lincoln Highway, the first automobile road across United States.

• 1926 – Magician Harry Houdini dies of gangrene and peritonitis that developed after his appendix ruptured.

• Birthdays:

• 1931– Dan Rather, American television journalist

• 1967– Vanilla Ice, American rapper, television personality, and real estate investor

• 2000– Willow Smith, American singer, actress, and dancer

• Today in-

• Today in-

• Periods 3, 9,10-(American I)-   Chapter 7 vocabulary. -Chapter 6 Test is Monday 11/3/25. 

• Period 5-6/7-8-(American II)-  Copy first 3 slides of Chapter 12 section 5 notes. (on Google Classroom).

• - Starting with quarter 2 (11/3/25) Due dates will be strictly enforced!!  If its handed in past due date it will be a 0!! Due dates are not Suggestions.

• Have a great weekend!
• Mr. D

October 29, 2025

 

• 10/29/25- Happy Wednesday!! 

• Word of the day-supply side economics-theory that tax reductions will increase investment and therby encourage business growth 

• Quote of the day- “I’m a river. No matter whatever comes in my way. I will definetely reach the sea”-Anupriyo Mandel 

• 1886–The first ticker-tape parade takes place in New York City when office workers spontaneously throw ticker tape into the streets as the Statue of Liberty is dedicated

• 1901–Capital punishment: Leon Czolgosz, the assassin of U.S. President William McKinley, is executed by electrocution.

• 1929– The New York Stock Exchange crashes in what will be called the Crash of '29 or "Black Tuesday", ending the Great Bull Market of the 1920s and beginning the Great Depression.

• • Birthdays:

  • 1947 – Richard Dreyfuss, American actor

  • 1957– Dan Castellaneta, American actor

  • 1972 – Gabrielle Union, American actress and producer

  • Today in-

  • Periods 3, 9,10-(American I)-  War of 1812’.  ALL PERIODS-Chapter 6 Test is Thursday 10/30/25. 

  • Period 5-6/7-8-(American II)-  Copy first 3 slides of Chapter 12 section 5 notes. (on Google Classroom).

  • **FYI-Quarter 1 will be ending in here on Wednesday 10/29/25

  • - Starting with quarter 2 (11/3/25) Due dates will be strictly enforced!!  If its handed in past due date it will be a 0!! Due dates are not Suggestions.

October 28, 2025

 

• 10/28/25- Happy Tuesday!! 

• Word of the day-Oligopoly-market structure dominated by only a few large, profitable firms 

• Quote of the day- “Only a man who has felt ultimate despair is capable of feeling ultimate bliss”-Alexandre Dumas

• 1636– A vote of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony establishes the first college in what would become the United States, today known as Harvard University.

• 1886-In New York Harbor, President Grover Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty.

• 1962– End of Cuban missile crisis: Nikita Khrushchev orders the removal of Soviet missiles from Cuba.

• • Birthdays:

  • 1955 – Bill Gates American businessman, co-founded Microsoft 

  • 1967 – Julia Roberts, American actress

  • 1972– Terrell Davis, American football player

  • Today in-

  • Periods 3, 9,10-(American I)-   Chapter 6 section 5 notes. War of 1812’.  Period 3-Chapter 6 Test is Thursday 10/30/25. Periods 9-10-Chapter 6 Test is Wednesday 10/29/25.

  • Period 5-6/7-8-(American II)-  Chapter 12 section 4 notes. ‘Shellshock’.  

  • **FYI-Quarter 1 will be ending in here on Wednesday 10/29/25

  • - Starting with quarter 2 (11/3/25) Due dates will be strictly enforced!!  If its handed in past due date it will be a 0!! Due dates are not Suggestions.

  • Have a great day!

  • Mr. D

October 27, 2025

 

• 10/27/25-Happy Monday!! 

• Word of the day-bonanza farm-farm controlled by large businesses, managed by professionals, and raising large quantities of single cash crops

• Quote of the day- “Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground”-Theodore Roosevelt

• 16821– Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is founded.

• 1904– The first underground New York City Subway line opens; the system becomes the biggest in United States, and one of the biggest in world.

1997– October 27, 1997 mini-crash: Stock markets around the world crash because of fears of a global economic meltdown. The Dow Jones Industrial Average plummets 554.26 points to 7,161.15.

• Birthdays:

• 1966– Matt Drudge, American blogger, founded the Drudge Report

• 1984 – Brady Quinn, American football player

• 1984 – Kelly Osbourne, English television personality

• Today in-

• Periods 3, 9,10-(American I)-   Chapter 6 section 5 notes. War of 1812’.  

• Period 5-6/7-8-(American II)-  Chapter 12 section 4  notes. HW-Chapter 12 section 4 reading worksheet. 

• **FYI-Quarter 1 will be ending in here on Wednesday 10/29/25

• - Starting with quarter 2 (11/3/25) Due dates will be strictly enforced!!  If its handed in past due date it will be a 0!! Due dates are not Suggestions.

Have a great day!

Mr. D

October 24, 2025

 

• 10/24/25- Happy Friday!! TGIF!! 

• Word of the day-Bias – an unfair act or policy resulting from prejudice. 

• Quote of the day- “Confidence... thrives on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and on unselfish performance. Without them it cannot live.”-FDR

• 1911 – Orville Wright remains in the air 9 minutes and 45 seconds in a Wright Glider at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina.

• 1929 – Black Thursday" stock market crash on the New York Stock Exchange.

• 1931– The George Washington Bridge opens to public traffic.

1947 – Walt Disney testifies before the House Un-American Activities Committee, naming Disney employees he believes to be communists

• Birthdays:

• 1957– Ron Gardenhire, German-born American baseball manager

• 1998 – Daya, American singer

• 1999 – Amon-Ra St. Brown, American football player

• Today in-

• Periods 3, 9,10-(American I)-   Chapter 6 section 5 notes. War of 1812’.  

• Period 5-6/7-8-(American II)-  Chapter 12 section 3-4  notes. Crash Course European History #32/33. 

• ***FYI-Quarter 1 will be ending in here on Wednesday 10/29/25

• ***FYI- Starting with quarter 2 (11/3/25) Due dates will be strictly enforced!!  If its handed in past due date it will be a 0!! Due dates are not Suggestions.

• Have a great weekend!

• Mr. D