Eagles - June 20

Look Up to the Sky Learning

Saturday, June 20, 2026

Today is American Eagle Day, International Asteroid Day, International Surfing Day, Mermaid Day, National Vanilla Milkshake Day, World Refugee Day, Ice Cream Soda Day, and World Productivity Day.

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Poem of the Day
Ocean/River Month Resource of the Day
Today's Theme: Eagles

AMERICAN REVOLUTION HISTORY ON THIS DATE

1782 – Congress adopts the Great Seal.
1787 – Oliver Ellsworth moves to call the colonies the 'United States'.

ON THIS DATE

1782 - Congress adopts the Great Seal of the United States.
1837 - Queen Victoria succeeds to the British throne.
1840 - Samuel Morse receives a patent for the telegraph.
1863 - West Virginia is admitted as the 35th state.
1893 - Lizzie Borden is found innocent of the ax murders of her father and stepmother.
1943 - Detroit race riot breaks out and continues for three days.
1967 - Boxer Muhammad Ali is convicted of violating Selective Service laws by refusing to be drafted.
1975 - The movie Jaws is released.

BIRTHDAYS

1819 - German-French composer and cellist Jacques Offenbach
1905 - Playwright Lillian Hellman
1924 - Musician Chet Atkins
1929 - LGBT Rights activist Edith Windsor
1931 - Actor Olympia Dukakis
1942 - Singer-songwriter Brian Wilson
1945 - Canadian singer Anne Murray
1946 - TV Host Bob Vila
1949 - Singer-songwriter Lionel Richie
1967 - Actor Nicole Kidman

SONGS OF THE DAY

Beach Boys - Wouldn't It Be Nice - LISTEN
Steve Miller Band - Fly Like an Eagle - LISTEN
Jacques Offenbach - La Vie parisienne - Ouverture - LISTEN
Chet Atkins - Mr. Sandman - LISTEN
Lionel Richie - All Night Long - LISTEN
The Eagles - Desperado - LISTEN

POEM OF THE DAY

Mary Austin - The Eagle's Song

OCEAN/RIVER RESOURCE OF THE DAY

Nature Cat - Motion of the Ocean - VIEW

THEME: EAGLES

Grades PreK-1- Sesame Street - The National Bird (5:18) - VIEW
Grades PreK-2 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Between the Lions - If You Were: Bald Eagle (1:14) - VIEW
Grades PreK-4 - Wild Kratts - Bald Eagle Nest Rescue (2:35) - VIEW
Grades PreK-4 - Wild Kratts - Wedge-tailed Eagle (0:23) - VIEW
Grades K-2 - NHPBS Video - Reading Explorers - Eagles and Eaglets (26:27) - VIEW
Grades 4-12 - NHPBS NatureWorks. - Accipitridae - Eagles, Hawks, Kites, Old World Vultures - READ
Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Untamed - Bald Eagles (26:46) - VIEW, READ, and DO
Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature - American Eagle Hatchling (3:46) - VIEW and DO
Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature - American Eagle Challenges of Incubation (3:19) - VIEW and DO
Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature - American Eagle Growing Independent (2:41) - VIEW and DO
Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature - Osprey v. Eagle (2:33) - VIEW and DO
Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - QUEST - Cool Critter - Golden Eagles (Available in Spanish) (2:16) - VIEW and DO
Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nova - Eagle Power - Eagle Eye Structure and Vision (5:43) - VIEW and DO
Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nova - Eagle Power - Flight (5:39) - VIEW and DO
Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nova - Eagle Power - Hunting Prowess and Talons (4:25) - VIEW and DO
Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Monstrum - Why Has the Majestic Griffin Been Forgotten (10:03) - VIEW

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