Kwanzaa

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Saturday, December 26, 2020

Today is National Candy Cane Day and the beginning of Kwanzaa.

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Kwanzaa
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ON THIS DATE

• 1898 - Marie and Pierre Curie announce the isolation of radium.
• 1919 - The Boston Red Sox sell Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees. 
• 1963 - The Beatles' "I Want to Hold Your Hand" and "I Saw Her Standing There" are released in the United States.
• 1966 - The first Kwanzaa is celebrated.
• 1991 - The Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union meets and formally dissolves the Soviet Union.
• 2004 - An earthquake in the Indian Ocean triggers tsunamis that kill 227,898 in coastal areas of Thailand, India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Maldives, Myanmar, and Bangladesh.

BIRTHDAY

• 1780 - Scottish mathematician Mary Somerville
• 1791 - English mathematician and engineer Charles Babbage
• 1893 - Chinese politician Mao Zedong
• 1933 - Puppeteer Caroll Spinney
• 1947 - Baseball player Carlton Fisk
• 1956 - Author David Sedaris

SONGS OF THE DAY 

The Beatles - I Want to Hold Your Hand - LISTEN

THEME:  Kwanzaa

• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Kwanzaa - VIEW
• Grades PreK-2 - Arthur - Kwanzaa - READ and DO
• Grades 2-6 - PBS LearningMedia - All About the Holidays - Kwanzaa - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Kwanzaa Turns 50: A Look at the History of the Holiday - VIEW

Watch 

• 8-11 pm NHPBS - Sanditon On Masterpiece

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