Rabbits and the Korean War - July 27
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Wednesday, July 27, 2022
Today is National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day, Bagpipe Appreciation Day, National Chicken Finger Day, Walk on Stilts Day, and Take Your Houseplant for a Walk Day (not at the same time.)
July is National Parks & Recreation Month and National Ice Cream Month.
National Natural Wonder of the Day: Assateague Island National Seashore
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Rabbits and the Korean War
ON THIS DATE
- 1929 - The Geneva Convention is signed by 53 nations.
- 1940 - Bugs Bunny is introduced in the animated short, "A Wild Hare."
- 1953 - Hostilities in Korea end with the signing of an armistice by the United States, China, and North Korea.
- 1995 - The Korean War Veterans Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C.
- 1996 - A pipe bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park during the 1996 Summer Olympics.
- 1824 - French novelist Alexandre Dumas
- 1922 - TV producer Norman Lear - American Masters (1:24:18) - VIEW
- 1948 - Figure skater Peggy Fleming
- 1949 - Singer Maureen McGovern
- 1956 - Actor, writer, and comedian Carol Leifer
- 1969 - Wrestler, actor, and Nashua, NH native Triple H
- 1972 - Actor Maya Rudolph
- Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit - LISTEN
- Bugs Bunny Opera - LISTEN
- Elton John - Jack Rabbit - LISTEN
- Cab Calloway - Run Little Rabbit - LISTEN
- Maureen McGovern - The Morning After - LISTEN
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Mumford's Magic Rabbit (2:17) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Elmo and Rabbit Discuss Practice (0:54) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Cookie Bunny is Coming to Town (2:16) - VIEW
- Grades K-4 - Wild Kratts - Rabbit vs. Hare (2:45) - VIEW
- Grades K-5 - NHPBS LeaningMedia - Chinese Folktale: The Little Rabbits (6:58) - VIEW and DO
- Grades K-5 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature - Remarkable Rabbits Clips - VIEW and DO
- Grades 4-6 - NHPBS LearningMedia - DragonflyTV - Rabbits (7:37) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Wildlife Journal Junior - Leporidae - Rabbits, Hares - READ
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - Remarkable Rabbits (53:13) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature - Remarkable Rabbits (4:40) - Snowshoe Hare Population Cycles - VIEW and DO
THEME; KOREAN WAR
- Grades 5-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - The Korean War - VIEW, READ, and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - The Korean War in Pictures - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Korean War Brothers in Arms (55:00) - VIEW
- Grades 8-12 - NHPBS Video - PBS NewsHour - Why Peace on the Korean Peninsula Remains Elusive (5:42) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Retro Report - Korean War (6:34) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Korea: The Never-Ending War Collection - VIEW, READ, DO
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