Flamingos - June 23
Pretty in Pink Learning
Tuesday, June 23, 2026
Today is National Pecan Sandies Day, National Hydration Day, Let It Go Day, Pink Flamingo Day (Lawn Ornament), Typewriting Day, and Public Service Day.
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Poem of the Day
Ocean/River Month Resource of the Day
Today's Theme: Flamingos
AMERICAN REVOLUTION HISTORY ON THIS DATE
1780 – Battle of Springfield fought in and around Springfield, New Jersey.
ON THIS DATE
- 1868 - Christopher Latham Sholes receives a patent for the typewriter.
- 1926 - The first SAT exam is administered.
- 1972 - Title IX of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is amended to prohibit sex discrimination at educational institutions receiving federal aid.
- 1996 - The Nintendo 64 is released in Japan.
- 2016 - The UK votes to leave the European Union.
- 1912 - Mathematician and computer scientist Alan Turing
- 1927 - Choreographer and director Bob Fosse
- 1929 - Musician June Carter Cash
- 1948 - Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas
- 1984 - Singer Duffy
Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon - Who's Got the Pain from Damn Yankees - LISTEN- June Carter Cash - San Antonio Rose - LISTEN
- Manfred Mann - Pretty Flamingo - LISTEN
- The Flamingos - I Only Have Eyes for You - LISTEN
- Kay Ryan - Flamingo Watching
OCEAN/RIVER RESOURCE OF THE DAY
Dragonfly TV - Rivers - VIEW
- Grades PreK-3 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Flamingo Gardens Field Trip (6:58) - VIEW and DO
- Grades K-2 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Dances with Bird Videos - VIEW and DO
- Grades K-4 - Wild Kratts - Pinkster (2:11) - VIEW
- Grades K-4 - Wild Kratts - White Flamingo (2:20) - VIEW
- Grades 4-12- NHPBS Video - Reactions - Why Flamingos Are Pink and HARDCORE (3:32) - VIEW
- Grades 4-12 - NHPBS NatureWorks - Flamingos - READ
- Grades 4-12 - NHPBS NatureWorks - American Flamingo - READ
- Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - Flamingos Feed After the Rains (1:57) - VIEW
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