Flamingos - June 23

Thursday, June 23, 2022

Today is National Pecan Sandy Day, National Hydration Day, Let It Go Day, Pink Flamingo Day (Lawn Ornament), Typewriting Day, and Public Service Day.

June is Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Pride Month; National Oceans Month; National Rivers Month; and National Caribbean-American Heritage Month

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

ON THIS DATE

• 1868 - Christopher Latham Sholes receives a patent for the typewriter.
• 1928 - The first SAT exam is administered.
• 1972 - Title IX of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is amended to prohibit sexual discrimination at educational institutions that receive federal aid.
• 1996 - The Nintendo 64 is released in Japan.
• 2016 - The UK votes to leave the European Union.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1912 - Mathematician and computer scientist Alan Turing
• 1927 - Choreographer and director Bob Fosse 
• 1929 - Musician June Carter Cash
• 1948 - Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas
• 1984 - Singer Duffy

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon - Who's Got the Pain from Damn Yankees - LISTEN
• June Carter Cash - San Antonio Rose - LISTEN
• Manfred Mann - Pretty Flamingo - LISTEN

THEME: FLAMINGOS

• Grades PreK-3 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Flamingo Gardens Field Trip (6:58) - VIEW and DO
• Grades K-2 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Dances with Bird Videos - VIEW and DO
• Grades K-4 - Wild Kratts - Mystery of the Flamingo's Pink (26:48) - VIEW
• Grades K-4 - Wild Kratts - Pinkster (2:11) - VIEW
• Grades K-4 - Wild Kratts - White Flamingo (2:20) - VIEW
• Grades K-12 - Houston Zoo - Flamingo Cam - VIEW
• Grades 4-12- NHPBS  Video - Reactions - Why Flamingos Are Pink and HARDCORE (3:32) - VIEW
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Wildlife Journal Junior - Flamingos - READ
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Wildlife Journal Junior -  American Flamingo - READ
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS VIdeo - Nature - Flamingos Feed After the Rains (1:57) - VIEW

Pressroom Contact

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