Jesse Owens - September 12
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Thursday, September 12, 2024
Today is Day of Encouragement, Police Woman's Day, Video Games Day, Programers Day, Day of Civic Hacking, and Chocolate Milkshake Day.
Hispanic/Latino Heritage Month Resource of the Day: CEREBROedu: Una Ventana al Cerebro/BRAINedu: A Window into the Brain
Classical Music Month Resource of the Day: 10 Best Pieces of Classical Music For Kids
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Jesse Owens
ON THIS DATE
- 1609 - English explorer Henry Hudson sails into the bay that now bears his name.
- 1940 - Cave paintings are discovered in Lascaux, France.
- 1940 - 51 people are killed and over 200 injured in the Hercules Powder Plant Disaster in Roxbury, New Jersey.
- 1944 - U.S. troops enter Germany for the first time in WWII near Trier.
- 1977 - South African black student activist Steven Biko dies in police custody.
- 2000 - Dutch lawmakers grant same-sex couples the right to marry.
- 1880 - Journalist H. L. Mencken
- 1897 - Chemist and physicist Irène Joliot-Curie
- 1913 - Athlete Jesse Owens
- 1944 - Singer-songwriter Barry White
- 1946 - Singer-songwriter and guitarist Tony Bellamy
- 1952 - Rush drummer Neil Peart
- 1957 - Composer Hans Zimmer
- 1981 - Singer and actor Jennifer Hudson
- 1994 - BTS rapper and songwriter RM
- Barry White - My First, My Last, My Everything - LISTEN
- Redbone - Come and Get Your Love - LISTEN
- Rush - Tom Sawyer - LISTEN
- Hans Zimmer - Inception "Time" - LISTEN
- Jennifer Hudson - Respect - LISTEN
- BTS - Permission to Dance - LISTEN
- Grades PreK-3 - Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum - Jesse Owens Races Home (1:45) -VIEW
- Grades 3-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Know Ohio - Jesse Owens (1:53) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - American Experience - Jesse Owens: Chapter One (10:28) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Gloria Hemphill Speaks about Her Father, Jesse Owens (3:36) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 7-12 - Ohio State University - Jesse Owens - READ
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - American Experience - Jesse Owens: A Hero's Welcome? (1:35) - VIEW
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