Franklin Pierce and the Fibonacci Sequence - November 23
Handsome Frank Learning
Sunday, November 23, 2025
Today is Doctor Who Day, Fibonacci Day, National Cashew Day, Eat a Cranberry Day, and National Espresso Day.
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On This Date
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Franklin Pierce and the Fibonacci Sequence
- 534 BC - Thespis of Icaria becomes the first recorded actor to portray a character on stage.
- 1889 - The jukebox is rolled out at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco.
- 1963 - The BBC broadcasts An Unearthly Child, the first episode of Doctor Who.
- 1992 - The first smartphone, the IBM Simon, is introduced at COMDEX in Las Vegas.
- 2005 - Ellen Johnson Sirleaf becomes the first woman to lead an African country when she is elected president of Liberia.
- 1616 - English mathematician John Wallis
- 1804 - 14th President and Hillsboro, NH native, Franklin Pierce
- 1859 - Gunfighter Billy The Kid
- 1887 - English actor Boris Karloff
- 1888 - Actor Harpo Marx
- 1892 - French fashion and stage designer Erte
- 1940 - Red Sox pitcher Luis Tiant
- 1950 - Politician Chuck Schumer
- 1992 - Singer Miley Cyrus
Foreigner - Juke Box Hero - LISTEN - Alan Jackson - Don't Rock the Jukebox - LISTEN
- Joan Jett - I Love Rock and Roll - LISTEN
- Billy Joel - The Ballad of Billy the Kid - LISTEN
- Chris LeDoux - Billy the Kid - LISTEN
Miley Cyrus - Jolene - LISTEN- Harpo Marx - A Night in Casablanca - Franz Liszt, Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 - LISTEN
THEME: Franklin Pierce
- Grades 4-12 - PBS LearningMedia - 60-Second Presidents - Franklin Pierce (1:16) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grade 6-12 - The White House - Franklin Pierce - READ
- Grades 7-12 - Smithsonian - National Portrait Gallery - Knowing the Presidents: Franklin Pierce - READ and VIEW
- Grades 7-12 - The Washington Post - Presidential Podcast - Franklin Pierce: Rolling off the Tracks (31:00) - LISTEN
- Grades 7-12 - C-SPAN - Life Portrait of Franklin Pierce (2:11:09) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - Library of Congress - Franklin Pierce Resource Guide - READ
- Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - American Experience - Franklin Pierce Biography - READ
- Grades 9-12 - University of Virginia Miller Center - Franklin Pierce Collection - VIEW and READ
THEME: Fibonacci Sequence
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Fibonacci Sequence (1:24) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova - Pi and the Fibonacci Sequence (5:34) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Sound Field - Music from the Golden Ratio and Fibonacci Sequence (10:00) - VIEW, READ, DO
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