Winter Solstice - December 21
Shortest Day of the Year Learning
Thursday, December 21, 2023
Today is Winter Solstice, Celebrate Short Fiction Day, Crossword Puzzle Day, Don’t Make Your Bed Day, Humbug Day, Short Story Day, Ribbon Candy Day, Fried Shrimp Day, Snowboard Day, Yule Begins, and Flashlight Day.
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Winter Solstice
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ON THIS DATE
- 1620 - The Mayflower pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock.
- 1898 - French scientists Pierre and Marie Curie discover radium.
- 1913 - The first crossword puzzle, is published in the New York World.
- 1919 - American anarchist Emma Goldman is deported to Russia.
- 1937 - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the first animated feature film, premieres in Los Angeles.
- 1948 - Ireland becomes an independent republic.
- 1603 - Puritan theologian and founder of Providence Plantations Roger Williams
- 1804 - English prime minister Benjamin Disraeli
- 1937 - Actor Jane Fonda
- 1940 - Singer-songwriter Frank Zappa
- 1944 - Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas
- 1948- Actor Samuel L. Jackson
Simon and Garfunkel - A Hazy Shade of Winter - LISTENQueen - A Winter's Tale - LISTEN- Bing Crosby - Winter Wonderland - LISTEN
- Boyz II Men - Let It Snow - LISTEN
- Frank Sinatra - Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow - LISTEN
- Edgar Winters Group - Frankenstein - LISTEN
- Phoebe Snow - Poetry Man - LISTEN
- Frank Zappa - Coskik Debris - LISTEN
- Grades PreK-1 - PBS LearningMedia - Sesame Street - Grover's Winter Games - DO
- Grades PreK-3 - Arthur - Winter Solstice - READ and DO
- Grades PreK-3 - Nature Cat - Winter Solstice (2:14) - VIEW
- Grades K-5 - PBS LearningMedia - All About the Holidays - Summer and Winter Solstice (1:24) -VIEW
- Grades K-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Celebrating Winter Collection - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 3-5 - PBS LearningMedia - Changing Daylight in Summer and Winter Collection - VIEW
- Grades 3-5- PBS LearningMedia - Daylight Hours and the Sun’s Apparent Path (Available in Spanish) (3:35) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 9-12- PBS LearningMedia - It's Okay to Be Smart - Why Seasons Make No Sense (3:01) - VIEW
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