Tavares high school daily bulletin
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TAVARES HIGH SCHOOL DAILY BULLETIN Today is Wednesday, September 28, 2016.
GUIDANCE
See Mrs. Croker in Guidance or see the LSSC website for more information.
Click on “Fred Griffin, Jr. Scholarship” or, email us at fred.scholarship@aol.com A Brighter Future For Deserving Champions!
Session Topics: TBA - Searching for Scholarships Friday - Choosing A Major
University of South Florida Oct 5th during lunch in the Auditorium (bring your lunch)
Want to add input from the local youth by providing advice to local governing bodies and community organizations? You can make your voice count by participating in the City of Tavares Youth Council!
ATHLETICS VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
Word of the Daylingual Speaking in Tongues Word of the Day: This handy adjective and noun has meanings related to both the tongue and to language — reflecting the pervasive association of these two things in many languages around the world. The underlying root is lingua (Latin, "tongue"). Greek glossa ("tongue") also gives us many words that related to both the tongue and language. On This Day in History 1066 - England was invaded by William the Conqueror who claimed the English throne. 1542 - San Diego, CA, was discovered by Portuguese navigator Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo. 1687 - The Turks surrendered Athens to the Venetians. 1781 - During the Revolutionary War, American forces began the siege on Yorktown, VA. 1787 - The U.S. Congress voted to send the new Constitution of the United States to the state legislatures for their approval. 1789 - In the U.S., the first Federal Congress passed a resolution that asked President George Washington to recommend to the nation a day of thanksgiving. Several days later Washington issued a proclamation that named Thursday, November 26, 1789 as a "Day of Publick Thanksgivin." The fixed-date for Thanksgiving Day, the fourth Thursday of November, was established on December 26, 1941. 1850 - The U.S. Navy abolished flogging as a form of punishment. 1850 - U.S. President Millard Fillmore named Brigham Young the first governor of the Utah territory. In 1857, U.S. President James Buchanan removed Young from the position. 1892 - The first nighttime football game in the U.S. took place under electric lights. The game was between the Mansfield State Normal School and the Wyoming Seminary. 1915 - The British defeated the Turks in Mesopotamia at Kut-el-Amara. 1924 - The first around-the-world flight was completed by two U.S. Army planes when they landed in Seattle, WA. The trip took 175 days. 1936 - "Bachelor's Children" debuted on CBS Radio. 1939 - During World War II, Germany and the Soviet Union agreed upon a plan on the division of Poland. 1939 - "Fleischmann Hour" aired for the last time on radio. 1944 - "The Boys From Boise" was shown on WABD in New York as the first full-length comedy written for television. 1950 - The United Nations admitted Indonesia. 1955 - The World Series was televised in color for the first time. The game was between the New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers. 1961 - "Dr. Kildare" premiered on NBC-TV. 1961 - "Hazel" premiered on NBC-TV. 1967 - The first mayor of Washington, DC, Walter Washington, took office. 1968 - The Atlanta Chiefs won the first North American Soccer League Championship. 1972 - Communist China and Japan agreed to re-establish diplomatic relations. 1974 - First Lady Betty Ford underwent a mastectomy to remove a lump in her breast. 1978 - Heavy fighting occurred in Lebanon between Syrian peacekeeping troops and Lebanese Christian militiamen. 1978 - Don Sherman, editor of Car & Driver, set a new Class E record in Utah. Driving the Mazda RX7 he reached a speed of 183.904 mph. 1984 - Bob Hope showed outtakes of his 34 years in television on NBC. 1990 - The Game Boy handheld video game device was released in Europe. 1991 - In response to U.S. President Bush's reduction of U.S. nuclear arms Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev promised to reciprocate. 1995 - Yasser Arafat of the PLO and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin signed an accord that transferred control of the West Bank. 1997 - The 103rd convention of the Audio Engineering Society (AES) was held in New York City, NY. The official debut of the DVD format was featured. 2000 - The U.S. Federal Drug Administration approved the use of RU-486 in the United States. The pill is used to induce an abortion. 2004 - The U.S. Federal Reserve and the U.S. Secret Service introduced the first newly redesigned $50 bill. 2004 - Nate Olive and Sarah Jones arrived at the U.S.-Mexico border to complete the first known continuous hike of the 1,800-mile trail down the U.S. Pacific Coast. They started the trek on June 8. 2009 - The iTunes Music Store reached 2 billion applications downloaded. Directory: cms -> lib05 -> FL01000799 -> Centricity -> Domain -> 3728 3728 -> Tavares high school daily bulletin 3728 -> Tavares high school daily bulletin 3728 -> Tavares high school daily bulletin 3728 -> Tavares high school daily bulletin 3728 -> Tavares high school daily bulletin Domain -> Atlanta Other Names Domain -> Chapter 24 worksheet Multiple Choice 3728 -> Tavares high school daily bulletin Download 28.51 Kb. Share with your friends:
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