5. 31. 17. U. S. HISTORY ON THIS DAY: 1884 - Dr 5.31.17 U.S. HISTORY ON THIS DAY: 1884 - Dr. John Harvey Kellogg patented "flaked cereal.“ 1889 - In Johnstown, PA, more than 2,200 people died after the South Fork Dam collapsed. 1900 - U.S. troops arrived in Peking to help put down the Boxer Rebellion. 1909 - The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) held its first conference. 1913 - The 17th Amendment went into effect. It provided for popular election of U.S. senators. 1927 - Ford Motor Company produced the last "Tin Lizzie" in order to begin production of the Model A. 1955 - The U.S. Supreme Court ordered that all states must end racial segregation "with all deliberate speed.“ 1962 - Adolf Eichmann was hanged in Israel. Eichmann was a Gestapo official and was executed for his actions in the Nazi Holocaust. 1994 - The U.S. announced it was no longer aiming long-range nuclear missiles at targets in the former Soviet Union. AGENDA: CONTINUE VIETNAM WAR PACKET. COMPLETE & DISCUSS CHAPTER 22.2/22.3 U.S. INVOLVEMENT & ESCALATION & A NATION DIVIDED. PICK-UP, READ & COMPLETE THE WAR IN VIETNAM MAP SKILLS. HOMEWORK: WORK ON UNIT VOCABULARY. BELL WORK: PICK-UP BALLOT FOR STUDENT COUNCIL ELECTIONS.
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