Superheroes - April 28
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Monday, April 28, 2025
Today is Blueberry Pie Day, Cubicle Day, and Superhero Day.
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Poem of the Day - April is National Poetry Month
Today's Theme: Superheroes
ON THIS DATE
- 1789 - The crew of the British ship Bounty mutinied, setting Captain William Bligh and 18 sailors adrift in the South Pacific.
- 1967 - Muhammad Ali refuses induction into the Army.
- 1973 - The Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd goes to number one on the US Billboard chart, where it remains for 741 weeks.
- 1758 - 5th President James Monroe
- 1854 - Polish engineer, mathematician, and physicist Hertha Marks Ayrton
- 1878 - Actor Lionel Barrymore
- 1926 - Novelist Harper Lee
- 1960 - Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan
- Five For Fighting - Superman (It's Not Easy) - LISTEN
- Foo Fighters - My Hero - LISTEN
- Pink Floyd - Breathe - LISTEN
- The Andrews Sisters - Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree - LISTEN
- Jeannine Hall Gailey - Wonder Woman Dreams of the Amazon
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Superhero - The Musical (7:18)- VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Elmo's the Kindest Superhero (1:31) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-3 - Daniel Tiger - Daniel the Germ-Fighting Superhero (1:28) - VIEW
- Grades K-3 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Molly of Denali - Homemade Heroes (25:25 - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades K-5 - NHPBS Kids Writers Contest - You Don’t Have to Have Super Powers to Be a Superhero (2:20) - VIEW
- Grades 1-5 - NHPBS Video - Camp TV - Superhero Science (6:55) - VIEW
- Grades 1-5 - NHPBS Video - Camp GPB - Drawing a Superhero (5:24) - VIEW
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - PBS NewsHour - Disney's Mrs. Marvel Features the First Muslim Superhero (7:42) - VIEW
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Reactions - Is Superhero Strength Real? (3:35) - VIEW
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Comic Culture - Roy Schartz: Comic Historian (26:47) - VIEW
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Comic Culture Series - VIEW
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