Susan B. Anthony and Hippos - February 15
Suffrage Giant Learning and River Giant Learning
Sunday, February 15, 2026
Today is Susan B. Anthony Day, Daytona 500, NBA All-Star Game, National Gum Drop Day, Remember the Maine Day, World Whale 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 and Hippos.
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.
- 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
Gayla Peevy - I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas - LISTEN
- 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
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