Nuts - October 22

Wednesday, October 22, 2025

Today is International Stuttering Awareness Day, National Nut Day, CAP LOCKS DAY, Eat a Pretzel Day, International Print Day, and Smart is Cool Day.

Animal Cam of the Day: Detroit Zoo Japanese Macaque (Snow Monkey) Cam
Dessert of the Day: Peanut Butter Cup Cookies
LGBT History Resource of the Day: StoryCorps Shorts: A Life of Honor

 AMERICAN REVOLUTION HISTORY ON THIS DATE

• 1777 -  American defenders of Fort Mercer on the Delaware River repulse repeated Hessian attacks in the Battle of Red Bank.
• 1746 - Esther de Berdt Reed was born on this date in 1746. She was the wife of Joseph Reed, president of the Supreme Executive Council of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and was active in organizing relief for soldiers during the Revolutionary War.

On This Date
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme:  Nuts
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ON THIS DATE

• 1797 - André-Jacques Garnerin makes the first recorded parachute jump from a balloon over Paris.
• 1836 - Sam Houston is inaugurated as the first President of the Republic of Texas.
• 1962 - President John F. Kennedy announces an air and naval blockade of Cuba 

BIRTHDAYS

• 1811 - Hungarian pianist and composer Franz Liszt
• 1844 - French actor Sarah Bernhardt
• 1882 - Painter and illustrator N. C. Wyeth
• 1903 - Actor and comedian Curly Howard
• 1913 - Photographer Robert Capa
• 1920 -Psychologist Timothy Leary
• 1952 - Actor Jeff Goldblum

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Franz Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 - LISTEN

THEME: NUTS

• Grades K-3 - PBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts -The Best Acorn Planter - (2:18) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 3-7 - PBS LearningMedia - George Washington Carver:  Scientist, Inventor, and Teacher (Available in Spanish)(4:02) - VIEW
• Grades 3-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Acorns Count (5:44) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-12 - PBS LearningMedia - America's Heartland - Walnuts - Health & Harvest (4:07) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - The Nutcracker (NATURE style!) (1:15) -VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - Chipmunk Showdown (2:25) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Virginia Peanuts (29:09) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - How Brazil Nuts are Helping Protect the Amazon Rainforest (9:22) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia -The Peanut Solution (4:40) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - It's Okay to Be Smart - How Do Squirrels Find Their Nuts? (2:08) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Arts in Context -  Art in a Nutshell (2:44) - VIEW

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NHPBS EXPLORE - 11.2 Comcast (801) More Options

BASEBALL - A National Heirloom
Saturday, 10/22 from 3-5 pm NHPBS EXPLORE
Babe Ruth, the Baltimore saloonkeeper's son who became the best-known and best-loved athlete in American history and was described by sportswriter Jimmy Cannon as a "National Heirloom," is the focus of the fourth inning. This inning details how Ruth's phenomenal performance thrilled the nation throughout the 1920s and rescued the game.

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Carla Gordon Russell
Director of Communications
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