Pigs - March 1
This Little Piggy Learning
Sunday, March 1, 2026
Today is Peanut Butter Lover's Day, National Black Women in Jazz and the Arts Day, Women of Color Day, World Seagrass Day, National Welsh Corgi Day, and National Pig Day.
Women's History Month Resource of the Day: Celebrating Women's History: Rebel Girls
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Pigs
ON THIS DATE
- 1781 - The Continental Congress adopts the Articles of Confederation.
- 1790 - Congress authorizes the first census.
- 1803 - Ohio becomes the 17th state.
- 1867 - Nebraska becomes the 37th state.
- 1872 - Yellowstone National Park becomes the first national park.
- 1910 -The deadliest avalanche in United States history buries a Great Northern Railway train in northeastern King County, Washington, killing 96 people.
- 1954 - Puerto Rican nationalists attack the United States Capitol, injuring five Representatives.
- 1961 - President John F. Kennedy establishes the Peace Corps.
- 1810 - Polish pianist and composer Frédéric Chopin
- 1848 - Sculptor and NH resident Augustus Saint-Gaudens
- 1904 -Bandleader and composer Glenn Miller
- 1917 - Poet Robert Lowell
- 1927 - Singer-songwriter Harry Belafonte
- 1954 - Actor, director, and producer Ron Howard
- 1994 - Canadian singer-songwriter Justin Bieber
Harry Belafonte - Banana Boat Song - LISTEN- Fredric Chopin - Nocturne Op. 9 #2 - LISTEN
- Glenn Miller - In the Mood - LISTEN
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - The Three Little Pigs: Kermit News (3:14) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - PBS LearningMedia - Super Why - The Three Little Pigs (25:25) - VIEW and DO
- Grades K-5 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Unlikely Partners: Warthog and Mongoose (4:32) - VIEW and DO
- Grades PreK-1 - Super Why - Alpha Pig's ABC Compilation (11:48) - VIEW
- Grades 3-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Pigs As Pets (6:00) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 4-12 - SanDiego Zoo - Warthogs - READ
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Pig On Wheels (5:19) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPB Video - Nature - Hyena and Warthog Families Share a Home (2:31) - VIEW
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Chasing Frames - Pigs as Pets (6:46) - VIEW
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