Thursday, March 12, 2026

March 12, 2026

 

  • 3/12/26- Happy Thursday!! 

  • Word of the day- Bicentennial-200th anniversary

  • Quote of the day- “No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness”- Aristotle

  • 1894– Coca-Cola is bottled and sold for the first time in Vicksburg, Mississippi, by local soda fountain operator Joseph Biedenharn.

  • 1933 – Great Depression: Franklin D. Roosevelt addresses the nation for the first time as President of the United States. This is also the first of his "fireside chats".

1947– The Truman Doctrine is proclaimed to help stem the spread of Communism

Birthdays:

  • 1947 – Mitt Romney, American businessman and politician, 70th Governor of Massachusetts, former US Senator (R-Wyoming) 

  • 1948 – James Taylor, American singer-songwriter

  • 1969 – Jake Tapper, American journalist

  • Today in-

  • Periods 3, 9,10-(American I)-  Chapter 10 Test.  ALL ANSWERS ON ANSWER SHEET!!  When done; come up and hand-in.  Start copying Chapter 11 vocabulary-Due Tuesday 3/17/26.  Chapter 10 notes-Due Thursday 3/19/26. 

Period 5-6/7-8-(American II) Chapter 17 section 3 notes. ‘Imperial Japan:The Fall of Democracy’.
Have a good day!
Mr. D