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 Ralph Alvarez [McDonalds]
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| Teaching - there can be no finer calling requiring the clearest demonstration of moral and ethical behavior. Ira Shull, For the Love of Teaching |
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| Why do you teach? Let Us Know. | 
| Tell Us about your most memorable teacher. |
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Today's 5-Minute Quest
Good Luck! |
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  Use all of these letters to spell the name of a children's author or illustrator born on this date:
SEEN THY BEAR |
Use all of these letters to spell the title of work by Alfred Tennyson:
SLY SUES |
(hint: all three questions will require you to use a link found on this page)
Use all of these letters to spell the title of a film in which Bette Davis appeared (according to the History Channel):
LEAVE LAB OUT |
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Egypt: Armed Forces Day
(Commemoration of Egypt's Successful Attack Against Israel, 10/06/1973, to Begin the Yom Kippur War) |
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United States: German-American Day
(Commemorates the Arrivial of the First German Settlers to America: 10/06/1683) |
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| 1902 | Elizabeth Gray Vining (Pennsylvania-born Children's Author) |
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| 1919 | Lee Kingman (Massachusetts-born Children's Author) |
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| 1921 | Val Biro (British Children's Author, Illustrator) |
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| 1939 | Jeannette Winter (Chicago-born Children's Author, Illustrator) |
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| 1942 | Betsy Hearne (Alabama-born Children's Author) |
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| 1822 | Manuel A. Alonso (Puerto Rican Author) |
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| 1867 | George Horace Lorimer (Kentucky-born Editor of the Saturday Evening Post) |
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| 1895 | Caroline Gordon (Kentucky-born Author, Critic) |
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| 1887 | Le Corbusier (Swiss-born French Architect) |
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| 1937 | Fritz Scholder (Minnesota-born Native-American Artist) |
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| 1882 | Karol Szymanowski (Polish Composer) |
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| 1914 | Thor Heyerdahl (Norwegian Explorer) |
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| 1846 | George Westinghouse (New York-born Industrial Engineer, Business Leader) |
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| 1897 | Florence Seibert (Pennsylvania-born Biochemist) |
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| 1744 | James McGill (Scottish-born Canadian Fur Trader, Merchant and Politician) |
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| 1769 | Isaac Brock (British Politician and General Who Captured Detroit in the War of 1812) |
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| 1851 | "Wild Bill" Longley (Texas-born Psychopathic Gunfighter) |
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| 1289 | Wenceslaus III (King of Hungary: 1301-1304) |
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| 1767 | Henri Christophe (King of Haiti) |
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| 1917 | Fannie Lou Hamer (Mississippi-born African-American Civil Rights Leader) |
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| 1930 | Hafez al-Assad (Syrian Political Leader) |
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| 1966 | David Cameron (Prime Minister of Great Britain) |
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| 1820 | Jenny Lind (Swedish Soprano) |
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| 1906 | Janet Gaynor (Pennsylvania-born Actress) |
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| 1908 | Sammy Price (Texas-born African-American Jazz Pianist) |
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| Carole Lombard (Indiana-born Actress) |
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| 1942 | Britt Ekland (Swedish Actress) |
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| 1963 | Elisabeth Shue (Delaware-born Actress) |
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| 1973 | Ioan Gruffudd (Welsh Actor) |
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| 1892 | Clyde Littlefield (Pennsylvania-born Member of the Track and Field Hall of Fame) |
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| 1905 | Helen Wills Moody (California-born Member of the Tennis Hall of Fame) |
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| 1955 | Tony Dungy (Mississippi-born African-American Professional Football Coach) |
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| 1536 | William Tyndale (British Biblical Scholar; Martyred) |
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| 1809 | Alfred Tennyson (British Poet) |
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| 1829 | Pierre Auguste Charles Bourguignon Derbigny (French-American Governor of Louisiana: Thrown From His Runaway Carriage |
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| 1856 | Tom Bell (California Highwayman, Outlaw, Thief Who Terrorized California Gold Fields: Hanged) |
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| 1979 | Chapman Revercomb (Virginia-born Member of the U.S. Congress from West Virginia) |
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| 1981 | Anwar el-Sadat (President of Egypt; Assassination) |
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| 1989 | Bette Davis (Massachusetts-born Academy Award-Winning Actress) |
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| 1531 | War Breaks out Between Catholic and Protestant Cantons in Switzerland |
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| 1536 | Biblical Scholar William Tyndale Is Publicly Strangled and Cremated for Heresy |
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| 1683 | First German Immigrants (Krefeld) to North America Arrive in Philadelphia |
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| 1804 |
 Clark: a cool morning wind from the North many large round Stones near the middle of the river, those Stones appear to have been washed from the hills passed a village of about 80 neet Lodges covered with earth and picketed around, those loges are Spicious of an Octagon form as close together as they can possibly be placed and appear to have been inhabited last Spring, from the Canoes of Skins Mats buckets [most likely bullboats] found in the lodges, we are of appinion they were the rickeries [Recorees - Arikara Indians] We found Squashes of 3 Different Kinds growing in the Village, one of our men killed an Elk Close by this Village, I saw 2 wolves in persute of another which appeared to be wounded and nearly tired, we proceeded on found the river Shole we made Severl. attempts to find the main Channel between the Sand bars, and was obliged at length to Drag the boat over to Save a league which we must return to get into the deepest Channel, we have been obgd to hunt a Chanl. for Some time past the river being devided in many places in a great number of Chanels, Saw Gees, Swan, Brants, & Ducks of Different kinds on the Sand bars to day, Capt. Lewis walked on Shore Saw great numbers of Prarie hens, I observe but fiew Gulls or Pleaver in this part of the river, The Corvos or Magpye is verry Common in this quarter We Camped on a large Sand bar off the mouth of Otter Creek on the S. S. this Creek is about 22 yards wide at the mouth and contains a greater perpotion of water than Common for Creeks of its Sise |
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| 1805 |
Clark: A Col Easterley wind which Spring up in the latter part of the night and Continues untill about 7 or 8 oClock A. M. had all our Saddles Collected a whole dug and in the night buried them, also a Canister of powder and a bag of Balls at the place the Canoe which Shields made was cut from the body of the tree— The Saddles were buried on the Side of a bend about ˝ a mile below— all the Canoes finished this evening ready to be put into the water. I am taken verry unwell with a paine in the bowels & Stomach, which is certainly the effects of my diet—
The winds blow cold from a little before day untill the Suns gets to Some hight from the Mountans East as they The open Countrey Commences a fiew miles below This on each side of the river, on the Lard Side below the 1st Creek. with a few trees Scattered near the river.
Whitehouse:
A clear pleasant morning, we continued the party working on the Canoes, and dug a Cashe or hole
We saw a raft floating down the River which had several Indians on it.
One of our party went out with his Rifle & killed 2 Ducks which he brought to our Camp.
We finished digging the Cashe or hole, & deposited our pack saddles & some Ammunition in it.—
Our Men that had been sick for some time past, had nearly all got their healths, & are fit to do their duty again
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| 1820 | The Last Legislative Session Is Held at Arkansas Post |
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| 1824 | The Marquis de Lafayette Is Celebrated in Wilmington, Delaware |
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| 1829 | Louisiana Governor Pierre Auguste Charles Bourguignon Derbigny Dies When His Horses Run Away and He Is Thrown From His Carriage |
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| 1847 | Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre Is Published |
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| 1860 | Joseph R. Brown's Steam Wagon Horseless Carriage Is Permanently Mired Near Fort Ridgely, Minnesota |
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| 1863 | Confederate Guerilla Leader William Quantrill Attacks Baxter Springs, Kansas |
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| Federal Agents in Key West Search the Sloop Last Trial, Seize Cargo of Salt |
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| 1864 | Federal Troops Destroy a Confederate Salt Works in St. Andrews Bay, Florida |
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| 1866 | The Reno Brothers Pull Off the First Great Train Robbery in U.S. History Outside of Seymour, Indiana |
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| 1868 | Georgia's African-American Legislators Protest Exclusion from General Assembly |
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| 1869 | In Alaska, the Fort Wrangle Post Office Is Established |
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| 1873 | Homes, Businesses and Hospital Devastated by Hurricane in Key West, Florida |
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| 1884 | The Naval War College Is Established in Newport, R.I. |
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| 1889 | The Moulin Rouge in Paris First Opens Its Doors to the Public |
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| 1905 | Thieves Disguised As Hobos Halt and Rob a Train Shortly After It Leaves Ballard, Washington |
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| 1908 | Harvester, a Trotter from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Wins the Kentucky Futurity |
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| 1917 | Wisconsin Senator Robert La Follette Responds to Charges of Treason with a 3-Hour Defense of Free Speech in War Time |
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| 1927 | "The Jazz Singer", First Movie with Spoken Dialogue, Premieres in New York City |
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| 1928 | Textile Workers End Bitter Six-month Strike in New Bedford, Massachusetts |
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| Crown Zellerbach's National Paper Products Mill Begins Operation in Port Townsend, Washington |
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| 1930 | William Faulkner's Novel As I Lay Dying Is Published |
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| 1932 | William Faulkner's Novel Light in August Is Published |
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| 1939 | At the Reichstag, Adolf Hitler Denies War Intentions Against France and Britain |
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| 1942 | Chester Carlson Receives Patent for Electric Photography/Xerography/Photocopying |
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| 1948 | Summer and Smoke by Tennessee Williams Opens on Broadway at the Music Box Theatre |
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| 1949 | American Iva Toguri D'Aquino, ''Tokyo Rose,'' Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison |
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| 1953 | Britain Sends Troops to Guyana |
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| 1971 | Eudora Welty's One Time, One Place: Mississippi in the Depression Is Published |
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| 1972 | Train Wreck Near Saltillo, Mexico Kills 208 passengers - 1,200+ Injured |
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| Michigan's Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore Is Officially Dedicated |
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| 1973 | Egypt & Syria Attack Israeli Positions Beginning the Yom Kippur |
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| 1976 | In Presidential Debate Gerald Ford: 'Soviets Do Not Dominate Eastern Europe' |
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| 5.7 Magnitude Earthquake Kills Nine People in Ecuador |
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| 1979 | John Paul II Is the First Pope to Meet a U.S. President |
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| 1981 | Egyptian President Anwar el-Sadat Assassinated Reviewing Military Parade |
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| 1987 | Senate Committee Defeats Nomination of Robert H. Bork to Supreme Court |
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| 1991 | The Scott Joplin House Opens As a Missouri State Historic Site |
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| 2000 | Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic Resigns Amid Allegations of Vote-rigging |
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| 2002 | Small Boat with Explosives Attacks French Oil Tanker Limburg Near Yemen |
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