Dragons - January 16
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Tuesday, January 16, 2024
Today is Appreciate A Dragon Day, International Hot and Spicy Food Day, National Fig Newton Day, National Religious Freedom Day, and National Nothing Day.
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Dragons
ON THIS DATE
- 1547 - Ivan IV (Ivan the Terrible) is crowned czar of Russia.
- 1920 - The 18th Amendment goes into effect and Prohibition begins.
- 1991 - The White House announced the start of Operation Desert Storm to drive Iraqi forces out of Kuwait.
- 2020 - The impeachment of Donald Trump moves to the trial phase in the Senate.
- 1901 - Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista
- 1908 - Singer Ethel Merman
- 1932 - Zoologist Dian Fossey
- 1934 - Opera singer Marilyn Horne
- 1980 - Playwright and composer Lin-Manuel Miranda
- Ethel Merman - There's No Business Like Show Business - LISTEN
- Marilyn Horne - Sesame Steet - C is for Cookie - LISTEN
- Lin-Manual Miranda and Shock - Electric Company - Silent E - LISTEN
- Peter, Paul & Mary - Puff the Magic Dragon - LISTEN
- Ed Sheeran - I See Fire - LISTEN
- Queen - Dragon Attack - LISTEN
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street: Chinese New Year Dragon Dance with Elmo and Abby! (1:09) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - PBS LearningMedia - Daniel Tiger -Super Daniel Helps the Hungry Dragon (1:22) - VIEW and DO
- Grades PreK-2 - PBS Crafts for Kids - Make Your Own Dragon Wings - DO
- Grades K-3 - PBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Komodo Dragons (4:52) - VIEW
- Grades K-3 - PBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Flight of the Draco (1:27) - VIEW
- Grades 4-6 - Crayola -Legendary Dragon Lesson Plans - DO
- Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Video - Magical Land of Oz - Water Dragons (1:45) - VIEW
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Monstrum - What Dragons Say About Us (6:04) - VIEW
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