Canada and Mail - July 1
Special Delivery: Northern Neighbor Learning
Wednesday, July 1, 2026
Today is Canada Day, Creative Ice Cream Flavor Day, National Postal Workers Day, Television Heritage Day, U.S. Postage Stamp Day, Zip Code Day, International Joke Day, American Zoo Day, International Reggae Day, National Gingersnap Day, and Blink-182 Day.
AMERICAN REVOLUTION HISTORY ON THIS DATE
1736 – Birthday of Annis Boudinot Stockton, writer of patriotic poetry.
1782 – American attack on British settlement at Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Poem of the Day
National Park Month Resource of the Day
Ice Cream Month Resource of the Day
Today's Theme: Canada and Mail
ON THIS DATE
- 1863 - The Battle of Gettysburg begins.
- 1867 - The provinces of Canada, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia united to form the country of Canada under the British North America Act.
- 1867 - Sir John A. Macdonald becomes the first Prime Minister of Canada.
- 1873 - Prince Edward Island becomes part of Canada.
- 1881 - The first international phone call occurs between St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada, and Calais, Maine.
- 1963 - ZIP codes are introduced for U.S. mail.
- 1980 - "O Canada" becomes Canada's official national anthem
- 1997 - Hong Kong reverts to Chinese rule.
- 1801 - French author George Sand
- 1906 - Businesswoman Estée Lauder
- 1941- Choreographer Twyla Tharp
- 1945 - Musician Debbie Harry
- 1961 - Diana, Princess of Wales
The Marvelettes - Please, Mr. Postman - LISTEN- The Beatles - Please, Mr. Postman - LISTEN
- Stevie Wonder - Signed, Sealed, Delivered - LISTEN
- Debbie Harry - Heart of Glass - LISTEN
- Elton John - Candle in the Wind/Goodbye English Rose - LISTEN
- Annis Boudinot Stockton - Ode to Washington
NATIONAL PARK MONTH RESOURCE OF THE DAY
Acadia National Park - Maine - VIEW
ICE CREAM MONTH RESOURCE OF THE DAY
Ice Cream Parlor Field Trip - VIEW
- Grades K-12 - Canada's History - Classroom Resources - READ, VIEW, DO
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Library of Congress - New France: Settling Canada - Teaching with Primary Sources - READ and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Global Weirding - Oh, Canada (9:23) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - The Global Classroom - Canada (53:26) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Samantha Brown's Places To Love - Montreal (26:46) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - Canada Files Interview Series - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - M is for Mail (0:16) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-3 - NHPBS LearningMedia -Post Office Field Trip (7:14) - VIEW and DO
- Grades K-12 - National Postal Museum - Curriculum Guides -READ and DO
- Grades K-4 - Sesame Street - Mailman in Appalachia (2:16) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - John Held Jr.: Mail Art (9:06) - VIEW and DO
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