4. 29. 16 U. S. HISTORY THROUGH FILM 4.29.16 U. S. HISTORY THROUGH FILM ON THIS DAY: 1861 - The Maryland House of Delegates voted against seceding from Union. 1918 - Germany's Western Front offensive ended in World War I. 1927 - Construction of the Spirit of St. Louis was completed for Lindbergh. 1945 - In a bunker in Berlin, Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun were married. Hitler designated Admiral Karl Doenitz his successor. 1945 - The Nazi death camp, Dachau, was liberated. 1946 - Twenty-eight former Japanese leaders were indicted in Tokyo as war criminals. 1974 - U.S. President Nixon announced he was releasing edited transcripts of secretly made White House tape recordings related to the Watergate scandal. 1975 - The U.S. embassy in Vietnam was evacuated as North Vietnamese forces fought their way into Saigon. 1990 - The destruction of the Berlin Wall began. 1997 - Astronaut Jerry Linenger and cosmonaut Vasily Tsibliyev went on the first U.S.-Russian space walk. BELL WORK: BE SURE YOU ARE FILLING-IN YOUR 6 SQUARE SHEET. WHO ARE THE MAIN CHARACTERS? WHAT IS THE SETTING OF THE MOVIE? AGENDA: CONTINUE THE MOVIE PUBLIC ENEMIES & 6 SQUARE SHEET. BINDERS DUE TUESDAY.
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