Uranus
Sideways Planet Learning
Saturday, March 13, 2021
Today is National Chicken Noodle Soup Day and National Open An Umbrella Indoors Day.
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Uranus
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ON THIS DATE
- 1781 - The planet Uranus is discovered by Sir William Herschel.
- 1868 - The impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson begins in the Senate
- 1930 - The news of the discovery of Pluto is announced by Lowell Observatory.
- 2020 - Breonna Taylor is killed when police forcibly entered her home in Louisville, Kentucky.
- 1855 - Astronomer and mathematician Percival Lowell
- 1916 - Politician and diplomat Lindy Boggs *
- 1921 - Cartoonist Al Jaffee
- 1931 - Singer-songwriter Neil Sedaka,
- 1947 - Race car driver Lyn St. James *
- 1950 - Actor William H. Macy
- 1972 - Rapper Common
- Grades 3-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Spot on Science - Uranus Is a Smelly Planet - VIEW
- Grades 6-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova - Uranus, the Sideways Planet - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Nova - The Planets: Ice Worlds (Full Episode) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Crash Course Astronomy - Uranus & Neptune - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - PRI - The World - Naming Uranus and Neptune, in Hebrew - LISTEN
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- 8-9 am NH WORLD - Not Done: Women Remaking America *
- 9-10 am NH WORLD - The Vote: American Experience *
- 10-11 am NH WORLD - The Vote: American Experience *
- 3-5 pm NH WORLD - Jazz - A Masterpiece By Midnight (1961-Present)
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