Tuna - May 2

Monday, May 2, 2022

Today is Brothers and Sisters Day, International Harry Potter Day, National Play Your Ukulele Day, World Tuna Day, and National Truffles Day.

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Laughter

ON THIS DATE

• 1611 - The King James Version of the Bible is published 
• 1920 - The first game of the Negro National League baseball is played in Indianapolis.
• 1945 - The Soviet Union announces the fall of Berlin.
• 2011 - Osama bin Laden is killed by the US special forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1729 - Catherine the Great of Russia
• 1903 - Pediatrician Benjamin Spock
• 1946 - Singer Lesley Gore
• 1972 - Wrestler and actor Dwayne Johnson

SONG OF THE DAY 

• Leslie Gore - It's My Party  - LISTEN
• Hot Tuna - Hesitation Blues - LISTEN

THEME:  Tuna

• Grades PreK-1- Sesame Street - Cookie Monster's Foodie Truck - Tuna and Avacado Sandwich (5:17) -  VIEW
• Grades 5-12 - NOAA - Western Atlantic Bluefish Tuna - READ
• Grades 5-12 - NOAA - Pacific Bluefish Tuna - READ
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Earth a New Wild - Tagging Tuna (2:07)  - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Quest - Tagging Pacific Predators (10:59) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - Spinner Dolphins Captured by "Spy Tuna" (2:06) -  VIEW
• Grades 7-12  - NHPBS Video -  Windows to the Wild - Tagging Tuna (26:52)  - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Chicago Stories - How Do You Get a Story Out of a Can of Tuna? (3:17) - VIEW

Pressroom Contact

Carla Gordon Russell
Director of Communications
crussell@nhpbs.org
(603) 868-4339