Clowns and Llamas - December 9
Laughing, Llamas and Learning
Tuesday, December 9, 2025
Today is Christmas Card Day, Day of Veterinary Medicine, Llama Day, World Techno Day, and Pastry Day.
Winter Resource of the Day: Celebrating Winter Collection
AMERICAN REVOLUTION HISTORY ON THIS DATE
1775 - British troops and Loyalists, misinformed about Patriot militia strength, lose the Battle of Great Bridge, ending British rule in Virginia.
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: CLOWNS AND LLAMAS
ON THIS DATE
- 1854 - "The Charge of the Light Brigade" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, is published in England.
- 1872 - In Louisiana, P. B. S. Pinchback becomes the first African-American governor in the US.
- 1962 - The Petrified Forest National Park is established in Arizona.
- 1965 - A Charlie Brown Christmas debuts on CBS.
- 1990 - Solidarity founder Lech Walesa is elected president of Poland.
- 1992 - Prince Charles and Princess Diana announce their separation.
- 2000 - The Supreme Court voted, 5 to 4, to stop the vote-counting in Florida in the Presidential contest between Al Gore and George W. Bush.
- 2017 - Australia becomes the 26th country to legalize same-sex marriage.
- 1608 - English poet John Milton
- 1745 - Italian violinist and composer Maddalena Laura Sirmen
- 1779 - Toolmaker and inventor Tabitha Babbitt
- 1898 - Circus clown Emmett Kelly
- 1902 - Actor Margaret Hamilton
- 1912 - Politician Tip O'Neill
- 1916 - Actor Kirk Douglas
- 1930 - Actor, screenwriter, and director Buck Henry
- 1953 - Actor John Malkovich
Smokey Robinson and the Miracles - Tears of a Clown - LISTEN- Judy Collins - Send in the Clowns - LISTEN
- Gary Lewis and the Playboys - Everybody Love a Clown - LISTEN
- Everly Brothers - Cathy's Clown - LISTEN
- Grades 1-4 - Odd Squad - Kooky Clown vs Fladam (2:03)- VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Global Oneness Project - Laugh Clown Laugh (Available in Spanish) (7:43) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Let's Learn - Clowning (10:39) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Antiques Roadshow - Appraisal: Clown Shoes, ca. 1940 (0:53) - VIEW
- Grades 8-12 - NHPBS Video - The Origin of Everything - The True Origin of Killer Clowns (6:37) - VIEW
THEME: LLAMAS
- Grades PreK-3 - Arthur - What's a Llama? (1:47) - VIEW
- Grades K-2 - PBS LearningMedia - Let's Share a Story: "Llama Destroys the World" (9:33) - VIEW
- Grades K-2 - PBS LearningMedia - Animal Alphabet - Llama (0:15) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 3-8 - Crosley Zoo - Llamas - READ
- Grades 4-8 - NHPBS - WIldlife Journal Junior -Camelidae - camels, llamas, alpacas, vicugnas - READ
- Grades 4-12 - NHPBS VIDEO - We Surprised a Llama Antibody Researcher with a Llama (2:33) - VIEW
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