5. 3. 16 U. S. HISTORY THROUGH FILM 5.3.16 U. S. HISTORY THROUGH FILM ON THIS DAY: 1802 - Washington, DC, was incorporated as a city. 1937 - Margaret Mitchell won a Pulitzer Prize for "Gone With The Wind.“ 1944 - Wartime rationing of most grades of meats ended in the U.S. 1963 – Second Children’s March in Birmingham, Alabama. 1971 - Anti-war protesters began four days of demonstrations in Washington, DC 1971 - National Public Radio broadcast for the first time. 1971 - James Earl Ray, Martin Luther King's assassin, was caught in a jailbreak attempt. 1992 - Five days of rioting and looting ended in Los Angeles, CA. The riots, that killed 53 people, began after the acquittal of police officers in the beating of Rodney King. 2006 - In Alexandria, VA, Al-Quaida conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui was given a sentence of life in prison for his role in the terrorist attack on the U.S. on September 11, 2001.     BELL WORK: PICK-UP THE 6 SQUARE SHEET. USE THE TEXTBOOK (CH. 16 & 17) TO COMPLETE PRE-MOVIE QUESTIONS #1-4. AGENDA: BEGIN THE MOVIE THE FIGHTING SULLIVANS & 6 SQUARE SHEET.