October 17, 2025

 

• 10/17/25- Happy Friday!! TGIF!! 

• Word of the day-Apartheid – policy of separation of the races enforced by law 

• Quote of the day- “I haven't a particle of confidence in a man who has no redeeming petty vices whatsoever.”-Mark Twain

• 1781- American Revolutionary War: British General Lord Charles Cornwallis surrenders at the Siege of Yorktown.

• 1933– Albert Einstein flees Nazi Germany and moves to the United States.

1965– The 1964-1965 New York World's Fair closes after a two year run. More than 51 million people had attended the two-year event.

• Birthdays:

• 1962– Mike Judge, American cartoonist, filmmaker and voice actor

• 1972– Eminem, American rapper

• 1974 – John Rocker, American baseball player

• Today in-

• Periods 3, 9,10-(American I)-  ‘Lewis and Clark-The New Frontier’. 

Period 5-6/7-8-(American II)- ‘Entry of U.S. into WWI’ Chapter 12 vocabulary quiz-Monday 10/20/25!!

Have a great day!

Mr. D