Mt. Everest - May 29
Ain't No Mountain High Enough Learning
Friday, May 29, 2026
Today is International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, Composting Day, Paper Clip Day, Pink Flamingo Day, and National Biscuit (British) Day.
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Poem of the Day
Today's Theme: Mt. Everest
AMERICAN REVOLUTION HISTORY ON THIS DATE
1736 – Birthday of Patrick Henry
1780 –The British continue to attack after the Americans lay down arms in Buford’s Massacre.
1790 – Rhode Island is the last of the 13 Colonies to ratify the Constitution.
ON THIS DATE
- 1660 - Charles II is restored to the throne of England, Scotland, and Ireland.
- 1790 - Rhode Island becomes the last of the 13 Colonies to ratify the Constitution.
- 1913 - Igor Stravinsky's Paris performance of the "Rite of Spring" may have led to a riot.
- 1953 - Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reach the summit of Mt. Everest.
- 1630 - King Charles II of England
- 1736 - Politician and revolutionary leader Patrick Henry
- 1917 - President John F. Kennedy
- Audra McDonald - Climb Every Mountain - LISTEN
- Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell - Ain't No Mountain High Enough - LISTEN
- John Denver - Rocky Mountain High - LISTEN
- David Wright - Mountain
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street Bangladesh: Sisimpur - Climbing Mount Everest (Bangla) (3:33) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-3 - Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum - To the Top of Mt. Everest (2:06) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova - Trying to Breathe on Mt. Everest (3:34) - VIEW, READ, and DO
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