Candy - December 19
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Friday, December 19, 2025
Today is Holly Day, National Hard Candy Day, National Oatmeal Muffin Day, Regifting Day, National Emo Day, National Ugly Christmas Sweater Day, and Underdog Day
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Candy
AMERICAN REVOLUTION HISTORY ON THIS DATE
1731 - Thomas Willing was born on this date in 1731. Willing was a merchant, politician, and slave trader. He was the mayor of Philadelphia, a delegate to the Continental Congress, and the first president of the Bank of North America and the First Bank of the United States.
1776 -Thomas Paine publishes one of a series of pamphlets in The Pennsylvania Journal entitled "The American Crisis."
1777 - George Washington's Continental Army goes into winter quarters at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.
ON THIS DATE
- 1772 - Benjamin Franklin began publishing "Poor Richard's Almanac."
- 1843 - Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" was first published in Britain.
- 1998 - President Bill Clinton was impeached on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice
- 1906 - Russian leader Leonid Brezhnev
- 1915 - French singer Édith Piaf
- 1924 - Actor Cicely Tyson
- 1928 - Children's author Eve Bunting
- 1957 - Basketball player Kevin McHale
- 1980 - Actor Jake Gyllenhaal
Bow Wow Wow - I Want Candy - LISTEN- The Archies - Sugar, Sugar - LISTEN
- Edith Piaf - La Vie En Rose - LISTEN
- Grades 3-6 - PBS LearningMedia - Cyberchase -Sharing Halloween Candy (2:28) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 3-6 - PBS LearningMedia - Cyberchase - Harry's Job at a Candy Store (3:31) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 3-6 - PBS LearningMedia - Cyberchase - Sharing Candy among Gargoyles (2:36) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 3-6 - PBS LearningMedia - Cyberchase - Making Rock Candy (3:32) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 3-12 - NHPBS Video - Candy Cane Factory (5:39) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - SciTech Now - How Many Licks Does It Take to Get to the Center of a Lollipop? (26:46) - VIEW
- Grades 7-12- PBS LearningMedia - America Revealed - A Peep for All Seasons (Available in Spanish) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Origin of Everything - Is Poisoned Halloween Candy a Myth? (6:38) - VIEW
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