Nuts - October 22

Nuts About Learning

Thursday, October 22, 2026

Today is CAPS LOCK DAY, Clean Up the Earth Day, Eat a Pretzel Day, International Stuttering Awareness Day, National Color Day, National Knee Day, National Make a Dog’s Day, National Nut Day, and Smart Is Cool Day.

Animal Cam of the Day: Detroit Zoo Japanese Macaque (Snow Monkey) Cam
Dessert of the Day: Peanut Butter Cup Brownies
LGBT History Resource of the Day: StoryCorps Shorts: A Life of Honor

 AMERICAN REVOLUTION HISTORY ON THIS DATE

• 1777 -  American defenders of Fort Mercer on the Delaware River repulse repeated Hessian attacks in the Battle of Red Bank.
• 1746 - Esther de Berdt Reed was born on this date in 1746. She was the wife of Joseph Reed, president of the Supreme Executive Council of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and was active in organizing relief for soldiers during the Revolutionary War.

On This Date
Today's Birthdays
Song of the Day
Poem of the Day
Art of the Day
Today's Theme:  Nuts

ON THIS DATE

• 1797 - André-Jacques Garnerin makes the first recorded parachute jump from a balloon over Paris.
• 1836 - Sam Houston is inaugurated as the first President of the Republic of Texas.
• 1962 - President John F. Kennedy announces an air and naval blockade of Cuba 

BIRTHDAYS

• 1811 - Hungarian pianist and composer Franz Liszt
• 1844 - French actor Sarah Bernhardt
• 1882 - Painter and illustrator N. C. Wyeth
• 1903 - Actor and comedian Curly Howard
• 1913 - Photographer Robert Capa
• 1920 - Psychologist Timothy Leary
• 1952 - Actor Jeff Goldblum

SONG OF THE DAY 

• Franz Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 - LISTEN

POEM OF THE DAY 

• Todd Colby - In a Nutshell

ART OF THE DAY 

• N. C. Wyeth - Corn Harvest (c. 1934)
  
• Robert Capa - Collection of Works at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

THEME: NUTS

• Grades K-3 - PBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts -The Best Acorn Planter - (2:18) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 3-7 - PBS LearningMedia - George Washington Carver:  Scientist, Inventor, and Teacher (Available in Spanish)(4:02) - VIEW
• Grades 3-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Acorns Count (5:44) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-12 - PBS LearningMedia - America's Heartland - Walnuts - Health & Harvest (4:07) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - The Nutcracker (NATURE style!) (1:15) -VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - Chipmunk Showdown (2:25) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Virginia Peanuts (29:09) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - How Brazil Nuts are Helping Protect the Amazon Rainforest (9:22) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia -The Peanut Solution (4:40) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - It's Okay to Be Smart - How Do Squirrels Find Their Nuts? (2:08) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Arts in Context -  Art in a Nutshell (2:44) - VIEW

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