H.I.T.S

Remember HIT's are due Friday.  Remember you must respond to 2 of this weeks HIT's.  Explain the event, which themes of history(PERSIA-Political, Economic, Religious, Social, Intellectual, Artistic) are being addressed, how it relates to the world 
and the country today, and which goal within the Standard Course of Study is being addressed 
with this HIT.

WEEK 15

Friday(11/30): 1993 The Brady Bill requiring a five-day waiting period for hundgun purchases is signed.

Monday(12/3): 1967 Christian Barnard performs the first successful heart transplant.

Tuesday(12/4): 1945 The Senate approved U.S. participation in the United Nations.

Wednesday(12/5): 1848 President Polk triggered the Gold Rush by confirming gold had been discovered in California.

Thursday(12/6): 1884 Construction of the Washington Monument was completed.

WEEK 14

Monday(11/26): 1789The first national Thanksgiving Day was proclaimed by George Washington.

Tuesday(11/27): 1973 Gerald Ford was confirmed by the Senate to succeed Spiro Agnew as Vice President

Wednesday(11/28): 1943 Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin met in Tehran for their first meeting during WWII.

Thursday(11/29): 1947 The United Nations voted to grant the Jewish people a homeland in Palestine.

WEEK 13 Thanksgiving week no HITS

WEEK 12

Friday(11/9): 1989 The border between East and West Germany was opened and the Berlin Wall began to be dismantled.

Monday(11/12): Veteran's Day

Tuesday(11/13): 1942 The draft age was lowered to 18 from 21.

Wednesday(11/14): 1995 The U.S. government begins a partial shutdown after no budget was passed.

Thursday(11/15): 1969 The largest anti-war protest occurred in Washington, D.C.

WEEK 11

Friday(11/2): 1948 Dewey wins!!! OOPS!! Truman defeats Dewey.

Monday(11/5): 1895 The first patent for an automobile was awarded.

Tuesday(11/6): Election day

Wednesday(11/7): 1944 FDR elected to a fourth term as President.

Thursday(11/8): 1966 Edward Brooke became the first african-American elected to the Senate since Reconstruction

WEEK 8

Friday(10/12): 2000 17 U.S. sailors are killed by terrorists with the attack on the USS Cole in Yemen.

Monday(10/15): 1991 Clarence Thomas was confirmed as Supreme Court Justice.

Tuesday(10/16): 1859 Abolitionist John Brown captured the U.S. arsenal at Harper's Ferry.

Wednesday(10/17): 1931 Al Capone was convicted on charges of income tax evasion.

Thursday(10/18): 1867 The U.S. took possession of Alaska from Russia.

WEEK 7

Friday(10/5): 1921 The World Series was broadcast on the radio for the first time.

Monday(10/8): 1871 The Great Fire of Chicago started.

Tuesday(10/9): 1845 The U.S. Naval Academy opened.

Wednesday(10/10): PLAN

Thursday(10/11): 1939 Albert Einstein delivers a letter to FDR expressing concerns over the possibility of nuclear weapons.

WEEK 6

Friday(9/28): 1924 Two US Army planes landed in Seattle after completing the first round the world flight.

Monday(10/1): 1908 Henry Ford introduced the first mass-produced automobile, the Model T.

Tuesday(10/2): 1950 The "Peanuts" comic strip first appears in newspapers.

Wednesday(10/3): 1990 East and West Germany unite after 45 years of separation.

Thursday(10/4): 1957 The U.S.S.R. launched the first satelite, Sputnik, into orbit.

WEEK 5

Friday(9/21): Sept 22, 1862 President Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation.

Monday(9/24): Teacher Workday

Tuesday(9/25): 1981 Sandra Day O'Connor was sworn in as the first female Supreme Court Justice.

Wednesday(9/26): 1960 Richar Nixon and John Kennedy took part in the first televised Presidential debate.

Thursday(9/27): 1964 The Warren Commission concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

WEEK 4

Friday(9/14): 1940 Congress passed the Selective Service Act.

Monday(9/17): 1862 The bloodiest day in U.S. military history occurred at the Battle of Antietam.

Tuesday(9/18): 1850 Congress passed the Fugitive Slave Act.

Wednesday(9/19): 1881 President James Garfield died of a gunshot wound.

Thursday(9/20): 1973 Billie Jean King defeated Bobby Riggs in a battle of the sexes tennis match.

WEEK 3

Friday(9/7): 1979 The Entertainment and Sports Programming Network(ESPN) made its debut on cable TV.

Monday(9/10): 1846 Elias Howe of Massachusetts received patent for his sewing machine.

Tuesday(9/11): 9/11

Wednesday(9/12): 1992 Dr. Mae Carol Jemison became the first black woman in space.

Thursday(9/13): 1993 Israeli Prime Minister Ytzhak Rabin and PLO Chairman Yasir Arafat shook hands at the Dayton Peace Accords.

WEEK 2

Friday(8/31): 1887 Thomas Edison received his patent for his Kinetoscope and motion pictures were born.

Monday(9/3): Labor Day

Tuesday(9/4): 1888 George Eastman patented his camera and registered the Kodak trademark.

Wednesday(9/5): 1836 The Republic of Texas made military hero Sam Houston its first President.

Thursday(9/6): 1901 President McKinley was shot by an anarchist in Buffalo, NY. McKinley died on Sept. 14.

WEEK 1

Tuesday(8/28): 1963 MLK gives his "I have a dream." speech in Washington.

Wednesday(8/29): 1949 The USSR tests their first atomic weapon.

THursday(8/30): 1963 A "hotline" was installed connecting the White House to the Kremlin(USSR.