Thursday, December 18, 2025

December 18, 2025

 

  • 12/18/25- Happy Thursday!! 

  •  Word of the day-Deflation – a decline in general price levels, often caused by a reduction in the supply of money or credit. 

  • Quote of the day- “He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command”-Niccolo Machiavelli

  • 1787– New Jersey becomes the third state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.

  • 1892 – Premiere performance of The Nutcracker by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in Saint Petersburg by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

  • 1969– Capital punishment in the United Kingdom: Home Secretary James Callaghan's motion to make permanent the Murder (Abolition of Death Penalty) Act 1965, which had temporarily suspended capital punishment in England, Wales and Scotland for murder (but not for all crimes) for a period of five years.

    • Birthdays:

    • 1943Keith Richards English guitarist (The Rolling Stones)

    • 1946 – Steven Spielberg, American film director

    • 1963 – Brad Pitt, American actor

    • Today in-

    • Periods 3, 9,10-(American I)- Chapter 8 section 2 notes. HW-Chapter 8 section 3 reading worksheet. 

    • Period 5-6/7-8-(American II)- 1920s Presidents/1920’s crash course; If time start ‘Crash of 29’.  Chapter 14 Test-Friday 12/19/25!! 

    • Have a great day!

    • Mr d