Endangered Species - December 28
Wildlife Learning
Monday, December 28, 2025
Today is Endangered Species Act Day, Pledge of Allegiance Day, Call a Friend Day, National Card Playing Day, National Chocolate Candy Day, Download Day, and National Short Film Day.
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Endangered Species
ON THIS DATE
- 1832 - Vice President John C. Calhoun resigns.
- 1836 - Spain recognizes the independence of Mexico with the signing of the Santa María–Calatrava Treaty.
- 1846 - Iowa is admitted as the 29th U.S. state.
- 1895 - Wilhelm Röntgen publishes a paper detailing his discovery of a new type of radiation, which later would be known as X-rays.
- 1945 - Congress officially recognizes the Pledge of Allegiance.
- 1973 - Endangered Species Act is signed into law by President Richard Nixon.
BIRTHDAYS
- 1789 - Writer Catharine Maria Sedgwick
- 1856 - 28th President Woodrow Wilson
- 1882 - Danish transgender artist Lili Elbe
- 1922 - Comic creator Stan Lee
- 1934 - English actor Maggie Smith
- 1946 - Red Sox pitcher Bill Lee
- 1954 - Actor Denzel Washington
- 1973 - Talk show host and Manchester West Graduate Seth Meyers
- 1978 - Singer-songwriter John Legend
John Legend - Come Together Song - LISTEN
- Grades 3-4 - PBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Jump Back in Time (2:22) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 3-5 - PBS Learning Media - Ferret Town (27:23) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 3-6 - NHPBS - NatureWorks - Life At Risk (14:49) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 4-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Science Trek - Endangered Species (5:52) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 4-8 - PBS LearningMedia - Science Trek - Endangered Species Q&A (4:43) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 4-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Ocean Today - Endangered Sea Turtles (2:41) - VIEW
- Grades 5-12 - US Fish and Wildlife - Endangered Species - READ
- Grades 6-9 - PBS LearningMedia - Saving the Endangered Hellbender Salamander (5:26) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Above the Noise - Endangered Species: Worth Saving from Extinction? (6:08) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Ocean Today - Endangered Sharks (2:15) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Quest - Salt Creek Tiger Beetles (6:34) - VIEW and DO
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