Tulips - May 13
Blooming Learning
Wednesday, May 13, 2026
Today is Hummus Day, National Apple Pie Day, National Fruit Cocktail Day, National Leprechaun Day, Top Gun Day, and Tulip Day.
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Poem of the Day
Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month Resource of the Day
Today's Theme: Tulips
AMERICAN REVOLUTION HISTORY ON THIS DATE
1780 – Cumberland Compact is signed by leaders of the settlers in the Cumberland River area of what would become the U.S. state of Tennessee.
ON THIS DATE
- 1846 - The US declares war on Mexico.
- 1862 - Robert Smalls and a crew of fellow slaves commandeer the cotton steamer the USS Planter and navigate it through Confederate lines to Union forces and freedom.
- 1954 - The Pajama Game opens on Broadway.
- 1985 - Police bomb MOVE headquarters in Philadelphia, killing six adults and five children, and destroying 250 homes.
- 1989 - Students stage a hunger strike and occupy Tiananmen Square in Beijing.
- 1882 - French artist Georges Braque
- 1883 - Pathologist and inventor of the Pap smear Georgios Papanikolaou
- 1907 - English author Daphne du Maurier
- 1914 - Boxer Joe Louis
- 1922 - Actor Bea Arthur
- 1941 - Singer-songwriter Ritchie Valens
- 1944 - Author Armistead Maupin
- 1950 - Singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder
- 1964 - Talk show host Stephen Colbert
- Ritchie Valens - La Bamba - LISTEN
- Stevie Wonder - My Cherie Amour - LISTEN
- The Pajama Game - Steam Heat - LISTEN
- Tiny Tim - Tiptoe Through the Tulips - LISTEN
A.E. Stallings - Tulips
ASIAN AMERICAN & PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH RESOURCE OF THE DAY
The Fight for Asian Studies
- Grades PreK-1 - Peg+Cat - Equal Share of Tulips (2:10) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Flower Shop (2:30) - VIEW
- Grades K-12 - Holland. Michigan - Tulip Tracker - READ and VIEW
- Grades 5-8 - National Council for the Social Studies - A Curious Event in the Dutch Golden Age - READ
- Grades 9-12 - Council for Economic Education -The Great Tulip Boom: Economics in World History
Lesson Plan - DO
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