Benjamin Franklin - January 17
All About the Benjamin Learning
Friday, January 17, 2025
Today is Benjamin Franklin Day, Kid Inventors' Day, National Hot Buttered Rum Day, and Popeye Day.
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Benjamin Franklin
ON THIS DATE
- 1562 - French Protestants are recognized under the Edict of St. Germain.
- 1893 - Hawaii's monarchy is overthrown and Queen Liliuokalani is forced to abdicate.
- 1917 - The U.S. pays Denmark $25 million for the Virgin Islands.
- 1920 - The Volstead Act goes into effect and prohibition begins in the United States.
- 1950 - Thieves steal more than $2 million from the Brink's armored car company's offices in Boston. in what became known as the Brink's Robbery.
- 1991 - Operation Desert Storm begins when aircraft strike targets in Iraq.
- 1994 - A magnitude 6.7 earthquake strikes Southern California, killing at least 61 people and causing $20 billion worth of damage
- 1706 - Founding father Benjamin Franklin
- 1820 - English author Anne Brontë
- 1899 - Gangster Al Capone
- 1922 - Actor Betty White
- 1927 - Actor and singer Eartha Kitt
- 1931 - Actor James Earl Jones
- 1942 - Boxer and wordsmith Muhammad Ali
- 1949 - Actor and comedian Andy Kaufman
- 1962 - Actor Jim Carrey (who played Andy Kaufman)
- 1964 - Lawyer, activist, and former First Lady Michelle Obama
- Grades 3-6 - Liberty's Kids Series - VIEW
- Grades 3-6 - National Park Service - Benjamin Franklin: Man of Many Talents Lesson Plan - DO
- Grades 3-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia - American Icons - Benjamin Franklin: Writer, Inventor, Founding Father Lesson Plan - DO
- Grades 3-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia - American Icons - Benjamin Franklin: Writer, Inventor, Founding Father Video (Available in Spanish) (3:28) - VIEW
- Grades 3-12 - Ken Burns Benjamin Franklin Educational Resources -VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Ken Burns in the Classroom - Benjamin Franklin Collection - VIEW and DO
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Ken Burns - Benjamin Franklin - Franklin and the Revolution (1:15:12) - VIEW
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Ken Burns - Benjamin Franklin Series - VIEW
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