Kwanzaa - December 26

Tuesday, December 26, 2023

Today is Boxing Day, the beginning of Kwanzaa, National Candy Cane Day, Thank You Note Day, and National Whiners Day

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Kwanzaa
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ON THIS DATE

• 1898 - Marie and Pierre Curie announce the isolation of radium.
• 1919 - The Boston Red Sox sell Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees. 
• 1963 - The Beatles' "I Want to Hold Your Hand" and "I Saw Her Standing There" are released in the United States.
• 1966 - The first Kwanzaa is celebrated.
• 1991 - The Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union meets and formally dissolves the Soviet Union.
• 2004 - An earthquake in the Indian Ocean triggers tsunamis that kill 227,898 in coastal areas of Thailand, India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Maldives, Myanmar, and Bangladesh.

BIRTHDAY

• 1780 - Scottish mathematician Mary Somerville
• 1791 - English mathematician and engineer Charles Babbage
• 1893 - Chinese politician Mao Zedong
• 1933 - Puppeteer (Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch)  Caroll Spinney
• 1947 - Baseball player Carlton Fisk
• 1956 - Author David Sedaris

SONGS OF THE DAY 

The Beatles - I Want to Hold Your Hand - LISTEN

THEME:  Kwanzaa

• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Kwanzaa (1:51) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-2 - Arthur - Kwanzaa - READ and DO
• Grades 2-6 - PBS LearningMedia - All About the Holidays - Kwanzaa (1:01) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Kwanzaa Turns 50: A Look at the History of the Holiday (3:14) - VIEW

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