Alaska and Colin Powell - October 18
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Friday, October 18, 2024
Today is International Necktie Day, Global Champagne Day, Meatloaf Appreciation Day, Chocolate Cupcake Day, World Menopause Day, and Alaska Day.
Animal Cam of the Day: Alaska Department of Fish and Game Web Cams
Dessert of the Day: Cream-filled Chocolate Cupcakes
LGBT History Resource of the Day: Considering Matthew Shepard Collection
On This Date
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: ALASKA and COLIN POWELL
- 1775 - Black poet Phillis Wheatley is freed from slavery.
- 1867 - The United States takes possession of Alaska after purchasing it from Russia for $7.2 million.
- 1898 - The United States takes possession of Puerto Rico from Spain.
- 1968 - Dr. James D. Watson of the US and Dr. Francis Crick and Dr. Maurice Wilkins of Britain win the Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology for their work identifying the double-helix molecular structure of DNA.
- 1972 - Congress overrides President Nixon's veto and passes the Clean Water Act.
- 2019 - NASA Astronauts Jessica Meir and Christina Koch take part in the first all-women spacewalk.
- 1587 - English poet Lady Mary Wroth
- 1898 - Singer Lotte Lenya
- 1919 - Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau
- 1926 - Musician Chuck Berry
- 1939 - Assassin Lee Harvey Oswald
- 1961 - Trumpet player Wynton Marsalis
- 1973 - Journalist James Foley
- 1975 - Baseball player and Red Sox coach Alex Cora
- 1984 - Bassist and singer Esperanza Spalding
- 1987 - Singer and actor Zac Efron
- Lotte Lenya - Mack the Knife - LISTEN
- Chuck Berry - Johhny B. Goode - LISTEN
Wynton Marsalis - Haydn Trumpet Concerto - LISTEN - Johnny Horton - North to Alaska - LISTEN
- Esperanza Spalding - Overjoyed - LISTEN
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Ookyook Song (1:59) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - PBS LearningMedia - Between the Lions - Summer Is Fun in Alaska! (0:23) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-2 - Molly of Denali Series - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades K-2 - PBS LearningMedia - Wild Alaska - Chris Kratt Talks About What Animals Need to Survive in Alaska (1:48) - VIEW
- Grades K-12 - PBS Learning Media - Wild Alaska Collection - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Indie Alaska Series - VIEW
THEME: COLIN POWELL
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - The Bush Presidency - Dick Cheney and Colin Powell (2:56) - - READ and VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - National Memorial Day Concert - Colin Powell Honors Women in Military Service (1:49) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - National Memorial Day Concert - Colin Powell On the Meaning of Memorial Day (3:41) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - PBS NewsHour - Colin Powell's Speech at the 2020 DNC Convention (2:36) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - High Point Unversity Presents Colin Powell (56:45) - VIEW
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