Canada and Mail - July 1
Special Delivery: Northern Neighbor Learning
Friday, July 1, 2022
Today is Canada Day, National Postal Workers Day, U.S. Postage Stamp Day, Zip Code Day, International Joke Day, American Zoo Day, International Reggae Day, Blink-182 Day, Comic Sans Day, and Gingersnap Day.
July is National Parks & Recreation Month and National Ice Cream Month.
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Canada and Mail
ON THIS DATE
- 1863 - The Battle of Gettysburg begins.
- 1867 - The Province of Canada, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia join into together to form the country Canada under the British North America Act.
- 1867 - Sir John A. Macdonald becomes the first Prime Minister of Canada.
- 1873 - Prince Edward Island becomes part of Canada.
- 1881 - The first international phone call occurs between St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada, and Calais, Maine.
- 1963 - ZIP codes are introduced for U.S. mail.
- 1980 - "O Canada" becomes Canada's official national anthem
- 1997 - Hong Kong reverts to Chinese rule.
- 1801 - French author George Sand
- 1906 - Businesswoman Estée Lauder
- 1941- Choreographer Twyla Tharp
- 1945 - Musician Debbie Harry
- 1961 - Diana, Princess of Wales
The Marvelettes - Please, Mr. Postman - LISTEN- The Beatles - Please, Mr. Postman - LISTEN
- Stevie Wonder - Signed, Sealed, Delivered - LISTEN
- Debbie Harry - Heart of Glass - LISTEN
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Map-Based Exploration: Languages of Canada - DO
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Library of Congress - New France: Settling Canada - Teaching with Primary Sources - READ and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Global Weirding - Oh, Canada (9:23) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Samantha Brown's Places To Love - Montreal (26:46) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - Canada Files Interview Series - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Welcome to Canada: Global Oneness Project (19:24) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - M is for Mail (0:16) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-3 - NHPBS LearningMedia -Post Office Field Trip (7:14) - VIEW and DO
- Grades K-4 - Sesame Street - Mailman in Appalachia (2:16) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - John Held Jr.: Mail Art (9:06) - VIEW and DO
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