Franklin Pierce and the Fibonacci Sequence - November 23

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Saturday, November 23, 2024

Today is Doctor Who Day, Fibonacci Day, National Cashew Day, National Jukebox Day, and National Espresso Day.

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On This Date
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Franklin Pierce and the Fibonacci Sequence 

ON THIS DATE

• 534 BC - Thespis of Icaria becomes the first recorded actor to portray a character on stage.
• 1889 - The jukebox is rolled out at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco.
• 1963 - The BBC broadcasts An Unearthly Child, the first episode of Doctor Who.
• 1992 - The first smartphone, the IBM Simon, is introduced at COMDEX in Las Vegas.
• 2005 - Ellen Johnson Sirleaf becomes the first woman to lead an African country when she is elected president of Liberia.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1616 - English mathematician John Wallis
• 1804 - 14th President and Hillsboro, NH native Franklin Pierce
• 1859 - Gunfighter Billy The Kid
• 1887 - English actor Boris Karloff
• 1888 - Actor Harpo Marx
• 1892 - French fashion and stage designer Erte
• 1940 - Red Sox pitcher Luis Tiant
• 1950 - Politician Chuck Schumer
• 1992 - Singer Miley Cyrus

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Foreigner - Juke Box Hero - LISTEN
• Alan Jackson - Don't Rock the Jukebox - LISTEN
• Joan Jett - I Love Rock and Roll - LISTEN
• Billy Joel - The Ballad of Billy the Kid - LISTEN
  
• Chris LeDoux - Billy the Kid - LISTEN
• Miley Cyrus - Jolene - LISTEN
• Harpo Marx - A Night in Casablanca - Franz Liszt, Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 - LISTEN

THEME: Franklin Pierce

• Grades 4-12 - PBS LearningMedia -  60-Second Presidents - Franklin Pierce (1:16) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grade 6-12 - The White House - Franklin Pierce - READ
• Grades 7-12 - Smithsonian - National Portrait Gallery - Knowing the Presidents: Franklin Pierce - READ and VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - The Washington Post - Presidential Podcast - Franklin Pierce: Rolling off the Tracks (31:00) - LISTEN
• Grades 7-12 - C-SPAN - Life Portrait of Franklin Pierce (2:11:09) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - Library of Congress - Franklin Pierce Resource Guide - READ
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - American Experience - Franklin Pierce Biography - READ
• Grades 9-12 - University of Virginia Miller Center - Franklin Pierce Collection - VIEW and READ

THEME: Fibonacci Sequence 

• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Fibonacci Sequence (1:24) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia  - Nova - Pi and the Fibonacci Sequence (5:34) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Sound Field - Music from the Golden Ratio and Fibonacci Sequence (10:00) - VIEW, READ, DO

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