3.7.16 U.S. HISTORY ON THIS DAY: 1774 - The British closed the port of Boston to all commerce. 1876 - Alexander Graham Bell received a patent (U.S. Patent No. 174,465) for his telephone. 1908 - Cincinnati's mayor, Mark Breith announced before the city council that, "Women are not physically fit to operate automobiles.“ 1933 - The board game Monopoly was invented. 1945 - During World War II, U.S. forces crossed the Rhine River at Remagen, Germany. 1951 - U.N. forces in Korea under General Matthew Ridgeway launched Operation Ripper against the Chinese. 1965 - State troopers and a sheriff's posse broke up a march by civil rights demonstrators in Selma, AL. 1968 - The Battle of Saigon came to an end. 1971 - A thousand U.S. planes bombed Cambodia and Laos. BELL WORK: BE SURE ALL BELL WORK ENTRIES ARE NUMBERED & DATED. REMOVE BELL WORK FROM BINDER. STAPLE BELL WORK & PASS TO THE FRONT OF YOUR ROW. AGENDA: PASS-OUT & EXPLAIN IRON CURTAIN & TRUMAN DOCTRINE ASSIGNMENT. COMPLETE FOR HOMEWORK. HEAD TO AUDITORIUM FOR SCHEDULING. HOMEWORK: IRON CURTAIN & TRUMAN DOCTRINE DBQ. WORK ON NOTES & VOCABULARY.