Tuna - May 2
Something's Fishy Learning
Saturday, May 2, 2026
Today is Brothers & Sisters Day, Free Comic Book Day, International Harry Potter Day, Kentucky Derby, Learn to Ride a Bike Day, National Fire Day, Play Your Ukulele Day, Truffles Day, and World Tuna Day.
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Poem of the Day
Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Resource of the Day
Today's Theme: Tuna
AMERICAN REVOLUTION HISTORY ON THIS DATE
1737 – Birthday of William Petty, Prime Minister and 2nd Earl of Shelburne
ON THIS DATE
- 1611 - The King James Version of the Bible is published
- 1920 - The first game of the Negro National League baseball is played in Indianapolis.
- 1945 - The Soviet Union announces the fall of Berlin.
- 2011 - Osama bin Laden is killed by the US special forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
- 1729 - Catherine the Great of Russia
- 1903 - Pediatrician Benjamin Spock
- 1946 - Singer Lesley Gore
- 1972 - Wrestler and actor Dwayne Johnson
Pablo Neruda - Ode to a Large Tuna in the Market
ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER RESOURCE OF THE DAY
NHPBS LearningMedia - Asian Americans Collection
- Grades PreK-1- Sesame Street - Cookie Monster's Foodie Truck - Tuna and Avocado Sandwich (5:17) - VIEW
- Grades 4-12 - NHPBS NatureWorks -Scombriformes - Tuna, Mackerels - READ
- Grades 5-12 - NOAA - Western Atlantic Bluefin Tuna - READ
- Grades 5-12 - NOAA - Pacific Bluefin Tuna - READ
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Earth a New Wild - Tagging Tuna (2:07) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Quest - Tagging Pacific Predators (10:59) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - Spinner Dolphins Captured by "Spy Tuna" (2:06) - VIEW
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Windows to the Wild - Tagging Tuna (26:52) - VIEW
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Chicago Stories - How Do You Get a Story Out of a Can of Tuna? (3:17) - VIEW
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