I love "This day in history" posts

I love looking up what happened today hundreds of yrs ago. So, Here are a few links for you and maybe more to come.

America Revolution:
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/philadelphia-nurse-overhears-british-plans-to-attack-washington

Civil War:
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/general-gracie-killed-at-petersburg

WWI:
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/russia-reaches-armistice-with-the-central-powers

WWII:
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fermi-produces-the-first-nuclear-chain-reaction

Vietnam War:
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/senator-mansfield-pronounces-american-aid-to-south-vietnam-wasted
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/south-vietnamese-leaders-order-a-temporary-halt-to-the-strategic-hamlet-program

General (1700s):
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/coleridge-joins-the-cavalry (literary)
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-temptations-earn-their-final-1-hit-with-papa-was-a-rolling-stone (music)


General (1800s):

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/napoleon-crowned-emperor
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/monroe-introduces-bold-new-foreign-policy
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/monroe-doctrine-declared
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/polk-affirms-monroe-doctrine
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/john-brown-hanged

General (1900s):

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/archie-griffin-wins-second-consecutive-heisman-trophy (sports)


http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/affleck-and-damons-good-will-hunting-debuts

General (2000s):

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/enron-files-for-bankruptcy


http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history

30 years War Links

Below is an interesting song. It could be used as an attention getter.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_163338665&feature=iv&src_vid=5REyULsLXVQ&v=-Z3CaT33Lfc

3 min overview-
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hoPGiClufk

Tom Richey-

                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B18zwAVO4q0

Medieval 400 to 1500

Medieval/ Middle Ages period:
5th to the 15th century

/ Renaissance period. :
1300 – 1700


http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ancient/secrets-viking-sword.html

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ancient/viking-ships.html

another blogger:
Rome http://stantonsocialstudies.blogspot.com/2015/05/homework-for-tuesday-may-19th.html
Greece http://stantonsocialstudies.blogspot.com/2015/03/homework-for-wednesday-march-18th.html
Ottoman Empire http://worldhistoryeducatorsblog.blogspot.com/2015/07/expansion-demise-of-ottoman-empire-map.html

Current events:

http://agapesfineartsblog.blogspot.com/p/2000-2010.html

https://news.google.com/

Making History: Mars One

http://agapesscienceblog.blogspot.com/2015/12/mars-one.html

https://twitter.com/MarsOneProject/status/674663321983918082

WWII vet

http://www.kplctv.com/story/30676060/jillians-blog-americas-oldest-veteran-en-route-to-dc-on-honor-flight?clienttype=generic&sf16689636=1

Links here for a talk about the correlation between Alcohol Prohibition debates and Marijuana Legalization debate

http://agapesssblog.blogspot.com/p/prohibition-1919.html

http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2013/05/22/how-can-marijuana-be-sold-safely/for-marijuana-legalization-lessons-from-prohibition