Friday, February 20, 2026

February 20, 2026

 

  • 2/20/26- Happy Friday!! TGIF!! 

  • Word of the day-war of attrition-type of war in which one side inflicts continuous losses on the other in order to wear down its strength

  • Quote of the day- “A society regulated by a public sense of justice is inherently stable.”-John Rawls

  • 1792– The Postal Service Act, establishing the United States Post Office Department, is signed by President George Washington.

  • 1933– The Congress of the United States proposes the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution that will end Prohibition in the United States.

1942– Lieutenant Edward O'Hare becomes America's first World War II flying ace.
  • Birthdays:

  • 1963Charles Barkley, American basketball player and sportscaster

  • 1983 – Justin Verlander, American baseball player

  • 1988 – Rihanna, Barbadian-American singer-songwriter and actress

  • 2003Olivia Rodrigo, American actress and singer

  • Today in-

  • Today in-

  • Periods 3, 9,10-(American I)-  Chapter 10 section 1 notes.  Chapter 9 notes-Due Friday 2/20/26. ‘Men who built America’. 

Period 5-6/7-8-(American II) Chapter 16 section 3 notes. Rising Road’. Chapter 16 Test-Tuesday 2/24/26!!
Have a good day!
Mr. D