This Day in History, November 20th, 1981, Microsoft Windows 1.0 released. If you did not know being a billionaire does not make you a good dancer i.e. the Microsoft Execs at the release party below!!!! #WeAreDBE#EXCELnation
What a day! @KCS_DBEXCEL Government students got to see the @TNCourts Supreme Court in action through the Supreme Court Advancing Legal Education for Students (SCALES) program! Our students were honored to be a part of the festivities! @Lewis_DBEXCEL
This Day in History, November 18th, 1928, Mickey mouse makes his film debut in Steamboat Willie, the first animated talking picture. Hope everyone is enjoying Disney+, I have heard it is kind of a big deal. #WeAreDBE#EXCELnation
This Day in History, November 15, 1533, The explorer Francisco Pizarro enters Cuzco, Peru. If you have never thought about Peru as a vacation spot you should put it at the top of the list, it’s for sure on mine. #EXCELnation#WeAreDBE
Style isn’t always external but today it is! EXCEL senior, Gavin Bentley, is looking sharp for his @RoanScholars interview! Good luck, Gavin, you are going to kill it!!! #YouAreDBE#EXCELnation#ProudSchool
This Day in History, November 14th, 1812, Napoleon Bonaparte's army retreats form Moscow, temperatures drop to 20 degrees below zero. People do not invade Russia in Winter. #EXCELnation#WeAreDBE
Sending out a special thanks to the following attorneys for taking time out of their day to talk about the SCALES project with our students:
Majorie A Thornton from Hanor Law Firm, J. Wesley Edens from Icenhowser and Edens, and Mellisa Reading from @HancockDanielPC. Y’all rock!
This Day in History, November 13th, 1940, U.S. Supreme Court rules in Hansberry v. Lee that African Americans cannot be barred from white neighborhoods. This coincides perfectly with #KindnessDay in memory of Mr. Rodgers, who would want to be anyone’s neighbor.#WeAreDBE
This Day in History, November 12th, 1859, Hikedi Tojo, Japanese prime minister, and seven others are sentenced to hang by an international tribunal. Besides planning the attack on Pearl Harbor he is also indicted for other war crimes. #WeAreDBE#EXCELnation
This Day in History, November 11th, 1987, An unidentified buyer buys Vincent Van Gogh's painting "Irises" from the estate of Joan Whitney Payson for $53.9 million at Sotheby's in New York. That same 54 million would have bought you two F-16s or the Biltmore House. #WeAreDBE
This Day in History, November 8th, 1942, The United States and Great Britain invade Axis-occupied North Africa. Why Africa first? Practice, our Army needed practice, and we wanted to maintain control of the Suez Canal. #WeAreDBE#EXCELnation
This Day in History, November 7th, 1917, The Bolsheviks, led by Lenin, take power in Russia. Russia would henceforth become known as the Soviet Union until it’s fall in the early 1990’s. #WeAreDBE#EXCELnation
This Day in History, November 6th, Jefferson Davis is elected to a six-year term as president of the Confederacy. This tweet goes out to @McCord_DBEXCEL who holds a special place in his heart for Civil War history. #WeAreDBE#EXCELnation
This Day in History, Remember, Remember, the 5th of November, the gunpowder treason and plot. Guy Fawkes is betrayed and arrested in an attempt to blow up the British Parliament in the "Gunpowder Plot." Also one of my favorite movies, V for Vendetta, check it out. #WeAreDBE
This Day in History, November 4th, 1922, The entrance to King Tut's tomb is discovered. This tomb would ultimately become the most complete Pharaoh’s tomb and show most modern rap artists that they have no idea what bling really is. #blingbling#WeAreDBE#EXCELnation