Theodore Roosevelt - October 27

Sunday, October 27, 2024

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Animal Cam of the Day: Zoo Miami Meerkat Cam
Dessert of the Day: Pretzel Monster Fingers
LGBT History Resource of the Day: How Stonewall Rioters Turned the Tables on New York Police
Scary Resource of the Day: The Unexpected Origins of the Word ‘Monster’

On This Date
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme:  Theodore Roosevelt

ON THIS DATE

• 1787 - The first of the Federalist Papers are published.
• 1978 - Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin win the Nobel Peace Prize.
• 2004 - The Boston Red Sox defeat the St. Louis Cardinals to win their first World Series in 86 years.
• 2018 - A gunman opens fire on a Pittsburgh synagogue killing 11 and injuring 6.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1744 - English artist Mary Moser
• 1782 - Italian violinist and composer Niccolò Paganini
• 1858 - 26th President of the U.S. Theodore Roosevelt
• 1913 - Anthropologist and historian Joe Medicine Crow
• 1914 - Poet  Dylan Thomas
• 1923 - Artist Roy Lichtenstein
• 1932 - Poet Sylvia Plath
• 1939 - English actor John Cleese
• 1940 - Mob boss John Gotti

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Niccolò Paganini - Caprice No. 24 performed by 12 violinists  - LISTEN
  

THEME: THEODORE ROOSEVELT

• Grades 1-2 - PBS LearningMedia - Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum - Theodore Roosevelt Reader - READ and DO
• Grades 4-12 - PBS LearningMedia - 60-Second Presidents - Theodore Roosevelt (1:26) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - The National Parks - A Campfire Conversation (4:01) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Rough Riders during World War I (3:45) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Theodore Roosevelt Wins the Nobel Peace Prize (3:49) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Theodore Roosevelt’s “Bull Moose Party” and the 1912 Election (12:50) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Theodore Roosevelt and the Western Experience Media Gallery - 9 videos  - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Theodore Roosevelt's Presidency Photo Gallery - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Theodore Roosevelt: The Conservationist President (4:01) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 7-12 - PBS LearningMedia - The Powers of the Presidency: Theodore Roosevelt to Franklin D. Roosevelt - Media Gallery - 9 videos - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 7-12 - PBS LearningMedia - President Theodore Roosevelt: Foreign Policy Statesman or Bully? - Media Gallery - 7 videos - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Theodore Roosevelt: A Cowboy's Ride to the White House (56:46) - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - The Roosevelts - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Nine Long Days: TR's Journey to the White House (26:45) - VIEW

Pressroom Contact

Carla Gordon Russell
Director of Communications
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(603) 868-4339