3.24.16 U.S. HISTORY ON THIS DAY: 1765 - Britain passed the Quartering Act that required the American colonies to house 10,000 British troops in public and private buildings. 1883 - The first telephone call between New York and Chicago took place. 1900 - In New Jersey, the Carnegie Steel Corporation was formed. 1927 - Chinese Communists seized Nanking and break with Chiang Kai-shek over the Nationalist goals. 1934 - U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt signed a bill granting future independence to the Philippines. 1947 - The U.S. Congress proposed the limitation of the presidency to two terms. 1989 - The Exxon Valdez spilled 240,000 barrels of oil in Alaska's Prince William Sound after it ran aground. 1999 - NATO launched air strikes against Yugoslavia (Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo and Vojvodina). The attacks marked the first time in its 50-year history that NATO attacked a sovereign country. BELL WORK: PREPARE FOR TODAY’S TEST: SHARPEN PENCILS ORGANIZE BINDERS ADD & FILL-IN GRADE SHEET REVIEW NOTES AGENDA: COLLECT: STUDYGUIDES BINDERS TAKE TEST. PICK-UP: BINDER 1960s STUDYGUIDE/NOTES BEGIN WORK ON 1960s NOTES & VOCABULARY.