Tulips - May 13
Blooming Learning
Monday, May 13, 2024
Today is Tulip Day, Day of the Mushroom, Eggs Benedict Day, Librarian Day, Orchid Day, Wear Your Pajamas to Work Day, Save the Elephant Day, and World Semicolon Day.
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month Resource of the Day
Today's Theme: Tulips
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ON THIS DATE
- 1846 - The US declares war on Mexico.
- 1862 - Robert Smalls and a crew of fellow slaves commandeer the cotton steamer the USS Planter and navigate it through Confederate lines to Union forces and freedom.
- 1954 - The Pajama Game opens on Broadway.
- 1985 - Police bomb MOVE headquarters in Philadelphia, killing six adults and five children, and destroying 250 homes.
- 1989 - Students stage a hunger strike and occupy Tiananmen Square in Beijing.
- 1882 - French artist Georges Braque
- 1883 - Pathologist and inventor of the Pap smear Georgios Papanikolaou
- 1907 - English author Daphne du Maurier
- 1914 - Boxer Joe Louis
- 1922 - Actor Bea Arthur
- 1941 - Singer-songwriter Ritchie Valens
- 1944 - Author Armistead Maupin
- 1950 - Singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder
- 1964 - Talk show host Stephen Colbert
- Ritchie Valens - La Bamba - LISTEN
- Stevie Wonder - My Cherie Amour - LISTEN
- The Pajama Game - Steam Heat - LISTEN
- Tiny Tim - Tiptoe Through the Tulips - LISTEN
ASIAN AMERICAN & PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH RESOURCE OF THE DAY
The Fight for Asian Studies
- Grades PreK-1 - Peg+Cat - Equal Share of Tulips (2:10) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Flower Shop (2:30) - VIEW
- Grades K-12 - Holland. Michigan - Tulip Tracker - READ and VIEW
- Grades 2-5 - Journey North - Tulip Bulbs: the Inside Story - DO
- Grades 5-8 - National Council for the Social Studies - A Curious Event in the Dutch Golden Age - READ
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - The Botany of Desire - Tulip Mania (10:14) - VIEW
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NHPBS - 11.1 Comcast (2/802) More Options
PHOTOGRAPHIC JUSTICE: THE CORKY LEE STORY 
Monday, 5/13 from 10-11 pm NHPBS
Using his camera as a "weapon against injustice," photographer Corky Lee's art is his activism. His images of Asian American life empowered generations. This intimate portrait reveals the triumphs and tragedies of the man behind the lens.
NH WORLD - 11.3 More Options
FANNY: THE RIGHT TO ROCK 
Monday, 5/13 from 3:30-5 pm NH WORLD
Sometime in the 1960s, in sunny Sacramento, two Filipina American sisters got together with other teenage girls to play music. Little did they know their garage band would evolve into the legendary rock group Fanny, the first all-women band to release an LP with a major record label.
INDEPENDENT LENS - The Donut King
Monday, 5/13 from 7:30-9 pm NH WORLD
Hear the incredible story of Ted Ngoy. After fleeing Cambodia for the United States, he built a multi-million-dollar fried pastry empire, Christy's Doughnuts, and began living his American Dream. But a great rise often comes with a great fall. INDEPENDENT LENS Streaming Video
LOCAL U.S.A. - Chinatown Auxiliary 
Monday, 5/13 from 9-9:30 pm NH WORLD
Chinese residents have patrolled Manhattan's Chinatown as volunteer police to protect their homes while finding belonging in a foreign country. Their stories remind us of the hope the U.S. represented to the tired, the poor, and the huddled masses. LOCAL U.S.A. Streaming Video
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