Rubber - December 29

Sunday, December 29, 2024

Today is Pepper Pot Day and Tick Tock Day. 

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Rubber

ON THIS DATE

• 1170 - Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Becket is murdered in Canterbury Cathedral by followers of King Henry II.
• 1845 -  The United States annexes the Republic of Texas, and Texas becomes the 28th state.
• 1851 - The first American YMCA opens in Boston.
• 1890 - U.S. troops from the  7th Cavalry Regiment killed over 300 Lakota at Wounded Knee, SD.
• 1916 -  Russian monk Gregory Rasputin is murdered by a group of noblemen.
• 2007 - The New England Patriots became the first NFL team in 35 years to finish the regular season undefeated.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1721 - French mistress of Louis XV, Jeanne-Antoinette Pompadour
• 1800 - Inventor Charles Goodyear
• 1808 - 17th president Andrew Johnson
• 1876 - Spanish cellist and conductor Pablo Casals
• 1936 - Actor Mary Tyler Moore
• 1943 - Children's author and illustrator Molly Bang
• 1946 - English singer Marianne Faithfull
• 1946 - Actor Ted Danson
• 1952 - Ballerina Gelsey Kirkland
• 1972 - English actor Jude Law

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• The Spinners - Rubberband Man - LISTEN
• Frank Sinatra - High Hopes - LISTEN
• Sesame Street - Rubber Duckie - LISTEN
  
• Marianne Faithfull - As Tears Go By - LISTEN
• Pablo Casals- Bach Cello Solo Nr.1, BWV 1007 - LISTEN

THEME:  RUBBER

• Grades 6-8 - PBS Learning Media - Nova - Beyond the Elements: Rubber - Media Resources - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Raw to Ready: Komatsu  - Vulcanization (7:16)  - VIEW 
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - The Origin of Everything - How Your Rubber Ducky Explains Colonialism (6:49) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Nova - Beyond the Elements: Indestructible (57:17) - VIEW

Pressroom Contact

Carla Gordon Russell
Director of Communications
crussell@nhpbs.org
(603) 868-4339