Tulips - May 13

Tuesday, May 13, 2025

Today is Hummus Day, Apple Pie Day, Fruit Cocktail Day, Leprechaun Day, Top Gun Day, and Tulip Day.

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

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.

BIRTHDAYS

• 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

SONG OF THE DAY 

• Ritchie Valens - La Bamba - LISTEN
• Stevie Wonder - My Cherie Amour - LISTEN
• The Pajama Game - Steam Heat - LISTEN
• Tiny Tim - Tiptoe Through the Tulips - LISTEN

ASIAN AMERICAN & PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH RESOURCE OF THE DAY

The Fight for Asian Studies

THEME: TULIPS

• 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 2-5 - Journey North - Tulip Bulbs: the Inside Story - DO
• 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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