The comedy Shrek—with voices provided by Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, and Cameron Diaz, among others—had its nationwide release in the United States; it went on to become the first movie to win the Academy Award for best animated feature.
Taken from: https://www.britannica.com/on-this-day/May-18
Last week we watched the movie, 42. It is about Jackie Robinson's 1st year on the Dodgers. I am always worried students had already seen this, but I was surprised. Most had not seen it, and students LOVED it! The movie starts after WW2. African Americans fought bravely, but came to racism and Jim Crow. Mr. Rickey, manager of the Dodgers, wants to bring in an African American player. Everyone thinks he is crazy, but does not care. The movie follows Jackie Robinson's 1st year, and all the discrimination he faced. My favorite thing to see is the team. At first they do not want to play with him, and at the end they are defending him! Watch if you have not seen!
While campaigning for the Democratic presidential nomination, Alabama Gov. George Wallace, known for his staunch segregationist views, was shot and left permanently paralyzed below the waist in an assassination attempt.
Taken from: https://www.britannica.com/on-this-day/May-15
Tensions between Mexico and the United States—stemming from the U.S. annexation of Texas (1845)—led the U.S. Congress on this day in 1846 to approve overwhelmingly a declaration of war against Mexico
Taken from: https://www.britannica.com/on-this-day/May-12
Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected the first American pope of the Roman Catholic Church and took the name Leo XIV. He succeeded Francis, who had died the previous month.
Taken from: https://www.britannica.com/on-this-day/May-8
On this day in 1915, during World War I, a single torpedo fired by a German submarine struck the Lusitania off the coast of Ireland. Less than 20 minutes later, the ship sank, and some 1,200 people (of the nearly 2,000 on board) died. The Germans considered their attack justified: they had warned the Lusitania would be sunk, and it was carrying tons of Allied munitions. With 128 American citizens now dead and submarine warfare apparently without limits, public outrage in the United States ran high. Though the country would not enter World War I until 1917, the seeds of its involvement had been sown.
Taken from: https://www.britannica.com/on-this-day/May-6
Margaret Thatcher, the leader of the Conservative Party, was elected British prime minister, becoming the first woman in Europe to hold that post. She went on to become the longest continuously serving British premier since 1827.
Taken from: https://www.britannica.com/on-this-day/May-3
Harvey Milk is an EXTRAORDINARY and AMAZING Human Being. He was the first openly gay man to serve office in San Francisco. He was such a stand for equality and hope. I am so happy there are people in this world who stand for this no matter what! In 2008 they made an incredible about Harvey Milk called Milk. The scene below is from that movie:
Harvey Milk is threatened if he goes on stage he will be killed. But he does it anyway! And he reminds us that America is for everyone! Our rights and freedoms are for EVERYONE! No matter what!
So many students across the country SWEAR they pass due to Heimler! I would watch, and then on Thursday the 7th go to BED EARLY! Getting a good night's rest is the BEST thing you can do!
At the height of the Vietnam War, boxer Muhammad Ali refused to be drafted into the U.S. Army, citing religious reasons; his subsequent conviction on criminal charges was eventually overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Taken from: https://www.britannica.com/on-this-day/April-28
Communist forces occupied the Chinese capital, Nanking (Nanjing), after crossing the Yangtze River virtually unopposed by adherents to the Nationalist government under President Chiang Kai-shek. The fall of Nanking marked the beginning of the disintegration of the Nationalist government, and the Chinese Civil War would end a few months later with the Communists in control of virtually all of mainland China.
Taken from:https://www.britannica.com/on-this-day/April-24
