They Are Here!

Last week was a week of work-days and today August 24, 2015 is the first day of class with students. After meetings and more meetings we are ready for the real thing. The school in which I am working is in the process of becoming a global school so the halls and outside  of the building looks like the UN gift shop has thrown up its excess inventory.

I cannot go into specifics of the students we have this year except to say they are delightful. I am going to work with them on Google Earth learning their address and other geographic details. Now for THIS WEEK IN HISTORY (August 24-30)

August 24, 79: Mount Vesuvius erupts and decimates the citizens of Pompeii
August 24, 1814: The British army sets ablaze the Executive Mansion which we refer to today as the White House.

August 25, 1944: The city of Paris, France is liberated from the control of the NAZIs by the Allies.
August 25, 2009: Senator Ted Kennedy dies

August 26, 1862: The Battle of 2nd Bull Run begins during the Civil War
August 26, 1920: The 19th Amendment is adopted which allows women the full right to vote.

August 27, 1908: Future President Lyndon Baines Johnson (LBJ) is born, ironically 100 years after the birth of Andrew Johnson who would become President very much the same way as LBJ did after the assassination of the sitting President.
August 27, 1941: In a bit of diplomacy the Japanese Prime Minister requests a meeting with President Franklin Deleno Roosevelt (FDR).

August 28, 1955: The Death of Emmett Till
August 28, 1963: Martin Luther King Jr. leads a March on Washington and delivers his famous I Have a Dream speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.

August 29, 1533: Conquistador Pizzaro executes the last Incan emperor.
August 29, 1968: Hubert Humphrey is nominated by the Democrats in Chicago, Illinois.
August 29, 2005: Hurricane Katrina slams into the Gulf Coast.

August 30, 30: Egyptian Queen Cleopatra commits suicide.
August 30, 1967: Thurgood Marshall confirmed as a Supreme Court Justice.

Ted Kennedy's gravesite

Until next time have a great time... Signing Off THE MAD GENIUS!