Monkeys - December 14
A Barrel Full of Learning
Sunday, December 14, 2025
Today is Monkey Day, Roast Chestnuts Day, National Bouillabaisse Day, Hanukkah Begins, World Choral Day, Worldwide Candle Lighting Day, and Free Shipping Day.
Winter Resource of the Day: SciTech Now: The American Chestnut Tree
AMERICAN REVOLUTION HISTORY ON THIS DATE
1780 – Founding Father Alexander Hamilton marries Elizabeth Schuyler at the Schuyler Mansion in Albany, New York.
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: MONKEYS
ON THIS DATE
- 1799 - George Washington dies at age 67 at his Mount Vernon home.
- 1819 - Alabama becomes the 22nd state.
- 1911 - Roald Amundsen's team becomes the first to reach the South Pole.
- 1940 - Plutonium is first isolated at Berkeley, California.
- 1962 - NASA's Mariner 2 becomes the first spacecraft to fly by Venus.
- 1972 - Apollo 17 astronaut Eugene Cernan is the last person to walk on the moon.
- 1981 - Israel annexes the Golan Heights.
- 1985 - Wilma Mankiller becomes the first woman elected to serve as Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation.
- 2012 - 20 children and six staff members were killed by a gunman at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newton, Connecticut.
- 1503 - French astronomer and prognosticator Nostradamus
- 1789 - Polish pianist and composer Maria Szymanowska
- 1897 - Politician Margaret Chase Smith
- 1911 - Bandleader Spike Jones
- 1919 - Writer Shirley Jackson
- 1949 - Baseball player Bill Buckner
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama - LISTEN
The Monkees - Hey, Hey We're the Monkees - LISTEN
Spike Jones - Tchaikovsky Medley - LISTEN
- Grades PreK-12 - Bronx Zoo - Silver Lead Langurs Live Cam - VIEW
- Grades PreK-12 - San Diego Zoo - Baboon Cam - VIEW
- Grades PreK-2 - Curious George - VIEW and DO
- Grades PreK-2 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Paws for a Minute - Golden Lion Tamarin (1:00) - VIEW and DO
- Grades K-3 - Wild Kratts - Swinging with the Monkeys (10:32) - VIEW
- Grades K-3 - Wild Kratts - Monkeys of the Mountains (1:34) - VIEW
- Grades K-3 - Wild Kratts - Proboscis Monkey (0:39) - VIEW
- Grades K-3- Wild Kratts - Monkey Mayhem Game - DO
- Grades K-5 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature - Monkey Babysitter (4:01) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 1-5 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Kratts Creatures - Going Baboony (1:21) - VIEW
- Grades 3-4- NHPBS LearningMedia - Kratts Creatures - Hanging with the Cotton Tops! - (2:28) VIEW and DO
- Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - How Do Monkeys Safely Cross the Road? (3:14) - VIEW
- Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - Meet the World's Smallest Monkey (2:19) - VIEW
- Grades 5-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature - Learned Behavior and Culture in Thieving Macaque Monkeys (4:53) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Kingdoms of the Sky - Snub-nosed Monkeys Use Family to Stay Warm (1:19) - VIEW
- Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - Tool-Using Macaques Could Drive Shellfish Extinct (2:32) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - What Do People And Monkeys Have In Common? (3:28) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature - Snow Monkey Nursery (4:03) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature - Snow Monkeys Grooming (2:30) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature - Snow Monkeys The Importance of Play (3:44) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature - The Social Hierarchy of Snow Monkeys (2:25) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature - Learned Behavior in Capuchin Monkeys (4:55) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - The Human Spark - Monkey See, Monkey Take (2:28) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Be Smart -Why Are There Still Monkeys? (1:25) - VIEW
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Nova - Macaque Monkeys Adapt After Hurricane Maria (4:43) - VIEW
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