Earth's Rotation - January 8

Monday, January 8, 2024

Today is Earth’s Rotation Day, World Typing Day, National English Toffee Day, National Bubble Bath Day, and National Argyle Day.

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Earth's Rotation

ON THIS DATE

• 1790 - George Washington delivers the first State of the Union address.
• 1815 Forces led by Andrew Jackson defeat the British in the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812.
• 1918 - President Woodrow Wilson outlines his 14 points for peace after World War I.
• 1959 - Charles De Gaulle is inaugurated as president of France's Fifth Republic.
• 2011 - U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., is shot when a gunman opens fire at a constituent event in Tucson, killing six people and injuring 12 others.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1638 - Italian painter Elisabetta Sirani
• 1859 - Mountaineer Fanny Bullock Workman
• 1867 - Economist and pacifist Emily Greene Balch
• 1935 - Singer and actor Elvis Presley
• 1941 - English actor Graham Chapman
• 1942 - English physicist Stephen Hawking
• 1947 - English singer-songwriter David Bowie

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Elvis Presley - Hound Dog - LISTEN
• David Bowie - Space Oddity - LISTEN
• Dead or Alive - You Spin Me Right Round (Like a Record) - LISTEN

THEME:  Earth's Rotation

• PreK-3 - PBS LearningMedia - Ready Jet GO! - How the Planets Rotate (4:22) - VIEW
• Grades K-2 - PBS LearningMedia - PEEP and the Big Wide World - Shifting Shadows (1:27) - VIEW and DO
• Grades K-2 - PBS LearningMedia - Sunrise and Sunset: Summer and Winter (2:53) - VIEW
• Grades K-4 - Nature Cat - Here Comes the Sun (11:50) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 3-5 - PBS LearningMedia - Earth in Orbit  (3:11)- VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 3-5 - PBS LearningMedia - Observing Shadows on Earth - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova - The Coriolis Effect Due to Earth's Rotation (Available in Spanish) (4:18) - VIEW, READ, DO

Pressroom Contact

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