Susan B. Anthony, Hippos, and Pangolins - February 15

Saturday, February 15, 2025

Today is Susan B. Anthony Day, National Gum Drop Day, World Whale Day, Pangolin Day, and World Hippo Day.

Black History Month Resource of the Day:  Alice Coachman

• National Women's History Museum: Alice Coachman
• Olympic Games: Alice Coachman, the First Woman of Colour to win Athletics Gold

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Susan B. Anthony, Hippos, and Pangolins

ON THIS DATE

• 1879 - President Rutherford B. Hayes signs a bill allowing female attorneys to argue cases before the Supreme Court.
• 1898 - The battleship USS Maine explodes and sinks in Havana harbor in Cuba, killing 274 and leading the U.S. to declare war on Spain.
• 1965 - A red-and-white maple leaf design is adopted as the flag of Canada.
• 1972 - Sound recordings are granted copyright protection.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1654 - Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei
• 1820 - Suffragist Susan B. Anthony
• 1928 - Children's author and illustrator of the Clifford series, Norman Bridwell
• 1948 - Cartoonist and graphic novelist Art Spiegelman
• 1954 - Animator and producer Matt Groening

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Gayla Peevy - I Want  Hippopotums for Christmas - LISTEN

THEME:  Susan B, Anthony

• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Video - She Inspires - Susan B. Anthony (1:06) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Not For Ourselves Alone - Susan B. Anthony: Early Life (3:39) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Not For Ourselves Alone - Susan B. Anthony’s Genius (5:56) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Not For Ourselves Alone - Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s and Susan B. Anthony’s Partnership (3:39) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Not For Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony (Full Series) - VIEW

THEME:  Hippos

• Grades K-12 - San Diego Zoo - Hippo Cam -VIEW
• Grades 1-5 - PBS LearningMedia - Kratts Creatures - Beware of Hippo! (2:09) - VIEW
• Grades 3-4 - PBS LearningMedia - Kratts Creatures -Hippo's Home Turf (1:57) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 3-4- PBS LearningMedia - Kratts Creatures - Water Walking With a Hippo (2:11) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Wildlife Journal Junior - Hippopotamidae - hippopotamuses - READ
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - Hippos: Africa's River Giants - Hippos Battle Lions and Hyenas Over Carcass (2:58) - VIEW
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - Hippos: Africa's River Giants - Hippos Fight Over Territory (2:17) -  VIEW
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - Hippos: Africa's River Giants - Hippos Fight Off Hungry Birds (3:01) - VIEW
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - Watch a Protective Mother Hippo Guard Her Baby (3:02) -  VIEW
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Inside NATURE– Hippos: Africa's River Giants (7:27) - VIEW 
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Wild Metropolis– Hippos Travel Into Town for an Easy Meal (1:30) - VIEW

THEME:  Pangolins

• Grades K-4 - Wild Kratts - Pangolin Rescue Mission (3:04) - VIEW
• Grades 4-12 - San Diego Zoo - Tree Pangolin - READ
• Grades 6-12 - Nature - All About Pangolins - VIEW and READ
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - Rescued Pangolins Treated for Injuries (2:34) - VIEW 
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - Abused Baby Pangolin Gets a New Home (2:19) - VIEW 
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - Baby Pangolin and Her Best Friend (1:55) - VIEW 
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Metrofocus - PLIGHT OF THE PANGOLIN” (8:18) - VIEW 
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Brookfield Zoo Fights to Save World’s Most Trafficked Animal (7:02) - VIEW

Pressroom Contact

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