Tuna - May 2

Friday, May 2, 2025

Today is Brothers & Sisters Day, Harry Potter Day, National Fire Day, Play Your Ukulele Day, Truffles Day, World Password Day, World Tuna Day, and Tuba Day.

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Resource of the Day
Today's Theme: Tuna

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.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1729 - Catherine the Great of Russia
• 1903 - Pediatrician Benjamin Spock
• 1946 - Singer Lesley Gore
• 1972 - Wrestler and actor Dwayne Johnson

SONG OF THE DAY 

• Leslie Gore - It's My Party  - LISTEN
• Hot Tuna - Hesitation Blues - LISTEN

ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER RESOURCE OF THE DAY
NHPBS LearningMedia - Asian Americans Collection

THEME:  Tuna

• Grades PreK-1- Sesame Street - Cookie Monster's Foodie Truck - Tuna and Avocado Sandwich (5:17) -  VIEW
• 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

Pressroom Contact

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