Diamonds - January 26
Shiny Learning
Sunday, January 26, 2025
Today is National Peanut Brittle Day, National Pistachio Day, and Australia Day.
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Diamonds
ON THIS DATE
- 1561 - The Council of Trent establishes an official distinction between Roman Catholicism and Protestantism.
- 1837 - Michigan is admitted as the 26th state.
- 1861 - Louisiana secedes from the Union.
- 1870 - Virginia rejoins the Union.
- 1905 - The world's largest diamond, the Cullinan is found at the Premier Mine near Pretoria in South Africa.
- 1926 - John Logie Baird conducts the first demonstration of the television.
- 1950 - India becomes a republic.
- 1880 - General Douglas MacArthur
- 1892 - Black aviator Bessie Coleman
- 1905 - Austrian singer Maria von Trapp
- 1925 - Actor Paul Newman
- 1944 - Activist and author Angela Davis
- 1955 - Guitarist Eddie Van Halen
- 1958 - Singer Anita Baker
- 1958 - Talk show host and actor Ellen DeGeneres
- 1961 - Canadian hockey player Wayne Gretzky
- The Beatles - Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds - LISTEN
- Marilyn Monroe - Diamonds Are a Girls Best Friend - LISTEN
- Paul Simon - Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes - LISTEN
- Anita Baker - Giving You the Best That I Got - LISTEN
- Eddie Van Halen - Van Halen Eruption Guitar Solo LISTEN
- Maria von Trapp Teaches Julie Andrews to Yodel - LISTEN
- Grades 4-12 - Gem Encyclopedia - Diamonds - READ
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Diamonds Everywhere (Available in Spanish) (1:45) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Aging Diamonds (Available in Spanish) (1:42) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Diamond Formation (Available in Spanish) (0:51) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova - Treasures of the Earth - Molecular Structures of Diamond and Graphite (2:54) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Nova - Why Diamond Light is Beautiful (2:45) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova - Treasures of the Earth - The Physics of Sparkling Diamonds (2:48) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 8-12 - NHPBS Video- Physics Girl - What is the MAGIC RUSSIAN DIAMOND? (702) - VIEW
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