Authors and Dia de Los Muertos - November 1

Saturday, November 1, 2025

Today is  All Saints Day, Bison Day, Calzone Day, Author's Day, Dia de Los Muertos,  Family Literacy Day, Prime Meridian Day, Deep Fried Clams Day, and Vegan Day.

Native American Heritage Month Resource of the Day - Our New Hampshire - People of the Dawn - VIEW, READ, DO

 AMERICAN REVOLUTION HISTORY ON THIS DATE

1765 – The British Parliament enacts the Stamp Act on the Thirteen Colonies to help pay for British military operations in North America.

On This Date
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme:  AUTHORS AND DIA DE LOS MUERTOS 

ON THIS DATE

• 1512 - The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, painted by Michelangelo, is exhibited to the public for the first time.
• 1604 - William Shakespeare's tragedy Othello is performed for the first time, at Whitehall Palace in London.
• 1611- Shakespeare's play The Tempest is performed for the first time, at Whitehall Palace in London.
• 1765 - The British Parliament enacts the Stamp Act on the Thirteen Colonies.
• 1800 - John Adams becomes the first President of the United States to live in the White House.
• 1848 - The first medical school for women, Boston Female Medical School, opens.
• 1861 -  Lincoln names George B. McClellan as the commander of the Union Army.
• 1870 - The U.S. Weather Bureau makes its first meteorological prediction.
• 1938 - Seabiscuit defeats War Admiral in an upset victory during a match race deemed "the match of the century."
• 1952 - The U.S. detonates the first hydrogen bomb in the Marshall Islands.
• 1968 - The Motion Picture Association of America's film rating system is officially introduced.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1848 - Black physician and abolitionist Caroline Still Anderson
• 1849 - Artist William Merritt Chase
• 1871 - Novelist and poet Stephen Crane
• 1957 - Singer-songwriter Lyle Lovett
• 1962 - Singer-songwriter Anthony Kiedis
• 1972 - Australian actor Toni Collette

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Beatles - Paperback Writer - LISTEN
• Elvis Costello  - Everyday I Write the Book - LISTEN
• Lyle Lovett - She's No Lady - LISTEN
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under the Bridge - LISTEN

THEME: AUTHORS

• Grades K-5 - PBS LearningMedia - Linda Sue Park - VIEW and DO
• Grades K-7- PBS LearningMedia - Candace Flemming - VIEW and DO
• Grades K-12 PBS LearningMedia - Patricia & Frederick McKissack - VIEW and DO
• Grades 2-7 - PBS LearningMedia - Rosemary Wells  - VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Katherine Paterson - VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-9- PBS LearningMedia - Jerry Spinelli - VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-9- PBS LearningMedia - Shannon Hale - VIEW and DO
• Grades 5-9- PBS LearningMedia - Anita Silvey - VIEW and DO
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - NH Author Series - VIEW
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - American Masters - Philip Roth: Unmasked - VIEW 
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - PBS Books  - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Author Visits - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - It's Lit Series - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Author Imprint Series - VIEW
• Grades 9-11 - PBS LearningMedia - Laurie Halse Anderson - VIEW and DO
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - It's Lit - The Case for Fan Fiction (11:19) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12- PBS LearningMedia - To Walk Invisible: The Brontë Sisters - Breaking Barriers - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 9-12 - PBS Learning Media - American Experience - Meet Willa Cather (2:24) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - American Masters - Phillip Roth -  I Work Every Day (3:31) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 9-adult- Learner.org - American Passages: A Literary Survey Video Course - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 9-adult - Learner.org - Voices and Visions Video Course (poets)  - VIEW, READ, DO

THEME: DIA DE LOS MUERTOS

• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Dia de Los Muertos Song (3:01)  - VIEW
• Grades K-5 - PBS LearningMedia - All About the Holidays - Dia de Los Muertos (1:42) - VIEW
• Grades K-5 - PBS LearningMedia - Everyday Learning Dia de Los Muertos (Available in English and Spanish) (3:02) - VIEW

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