Comets - July 23

Saturday, July 23, 2022

Today is Mosquito Day, National Day of the Cowboy, National Drowning Prevention Day, National Vanilla Ice Cream Day, Sprinkle Day, and Peanut Butter and Chocolate Day.

July is National Parks & Recreation Month and National Ice Cream Month.

National Natural Wonder: Death Valley National Park

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

ON THIS DATE

• 1962 - Jackie Robinson becomes the first African American to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
• 1967 - Rioting in Detroit begins, leading to 43 deaths.
• 1995 - The comet Hale–Bopp is discovered.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1888 - Author Raymond Chandler
• 1965 - Musician Slash

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Bill Halley and the Comets - Rock Around the Clock  - LISTEN
• B.B. King with Slash "The Thrill Is Gone" - LISTEN
• Guns and Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine - LISTEN
• Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings - Mama Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys - LISTEN

THEME: COMETS

• Grades K-3- Ready Jet Go - Looking for Comets (1:09) - VIEW
• Grades K-3- Ready Jet Go - Making Comets (2:15) - VIEW
• Grades K-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Science Trek - Comets and Asteroids (5:17) - VIEW
• Grades3-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia - NASA Planetary Sciences - Why Study Comets (Available in Spanish) (2:03) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia -  To Catch a Comet - Re-creating a Comet (3:55) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - To Catch a Comet - Comet Research (3:55) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Comet Encounter (54:41)- VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - It's Okay to Be Smart - Asteroids, Meteors, and Comets… OH MY!!! (7:09) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Crash Course Astronomy - Comets (11:53) - VIEW

Pressroom Contact

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