Alaska and Colin Powell - October 18
Learning Worth More Than 7.2 Million Dollars
Friday, October 18, 2024
Today is International Necktie Day, Global Champagne Day, Meatloaf Appreciation Day, Chocolate Cupcake Day, World Menopause Day, and Alaska Day.
Animal Cam of the Day: Alaska Department of Fish and Game Web Cams
Dessert of the Day: Cream-filled Chocolate Cupcakes
LGBT History Resource of the Day: Considering Matthew Shepard Collection
On This Date
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: ALASKA and COLIN POWELL
- 1775 - Black poet Phillis Wheatley is freed from slavery.
- 1867 - The United States takes possession of Alaska after purchasing it from Russia for $7.2 million.
- 1898 - The United States takes possession of Puerto Rico from Spain.
- 1968 - Dr. James D. Watson of the US and Dr. Francis Crick and Dr. Maurice Wilkins of Britain win the Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology for their work identifying the double-helix molecular structure of DNA.
- 1972 - Congress overrides President Nixon's veto and passes the Clean Water Act.
- 2019 - NASA Astronauts Jessica Meir and Christina Koch take part in the first all-women spacewalk.
- 1587 - English poet Lady Mary Wroth
- 1898 - Singer Lotte Lenya
- 1919 - Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau
- 1926 - Musician Chuck Berry
- 1939 - Assassin Lee Harvey Oswald
- 1961 - Trumpet player Wynton Marsalis
- 1973 - Journalist James Foley
- 1975 - Baseball player and Red Sox coach Alex Cora
- 1984 - Bassist and singer Esperanza Spalding
- 1987 - Singer and actor Zac Efron
- Lotte Lenya - Mack the Knife - LISTEN
- Chuck Berry - Johhny B. Goode - LISTEN
Wynton Marsalis - Haydn Trumpet Concerto - LISTEN - Johnny Horton - North to Alaska - LISTEN
- Esperanza Spalding - Overjoyed - LISTEN
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Ookyook Song (1:59) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - PBS LearningMedia - Between the Lions - Summer Is Fun in Alaska! (0:23) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-2 - Molly of Denali Series - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades K-2 - PBS LearningMedia - Wild Alaska - Chris Kratt Talks About What Animals Need to Survive in Alaska (1:48) - VIEW
- Grades K-12 - PBS Learning Media - Wild Alaska Collection - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Indie Alaska Series - VIEW
THEME: COLIN POWELL
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - The Bush Presidency - Dick Cheney and Colin Powell (2:56) - - READ and VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - National Memorial Day Concert - Colin Powell Honors Women in Military Service (1:49) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - National Memorial Day Concert - Colin Powell On the Meaning of Memorial Day (3:41) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - PBS NewsHour - Colin Powell's Speech at the 2020 DNC Convention (2:36) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - High Point Unversity Presents Colin Powell (56:45) - VIEW
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