Snakes and Mary Baker Eddy - July 16

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Thursday, July 16, 2026

Today is National Guinea Pig Day, World Snake Day, National Hot Dog Day, Fresh Spinach Day, and National Corn Fritters Day.

AMERICAN REVOLUTION HISTORY ON THIS DATE

1779 – Continental Army seizes a British Army position in a midnight bayonet attack at the Battle of Stony Point.
1790 – DC named capital of U.S.

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: Snakes and Mary Baker Eddy

ON THIS DATE

1918 - The Bolsheviks execute Czar Nicholas II and his wife and their five children .
1951 - J.D. Salinger's novel The Catcher in the Rye is published
1979 - Saddam Hussein becomes president of Iraq.
2004 - Martha Stewart is sentenced to five months in prison for lying about a stock transaction.

BIRTHDAYS

1723 - English artist Sir Joshua Reynolds
1821 - Religious leader Mary Baker Eddy
1911 - Dancer and actor Ginger Rogers

SONGS (and DANCE) OF THE DAY

Jim Stafford - Spiders and Snakes - LISTEN
Duran Duran - Union of the Snake - LISTEN
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers - Too Hot To Handle - VIEW
Whitesnake - Here I Go Again - VIEW

POEM OF THE DAY

D.H. Lawrence - Snake

NATIONAL PARK MONTH RESOURCE OF THE DAY

Craters of the Moon, Idaho - GO

ICE CREAM MONTH RESOURCE OF THE DAY

PBS Food - Sweet Corn Ice Cream - MAKE

THEME: SNAKES

Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Ernie Sings "Do What I Do" with Sandy the Snake (4:14) - VIEW
Grades PreK-2 - PBS Crafts for Kids - Paper Plate Snakes - DO
Grades K-2 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Happy Birthday Baby Pythons (2:11) - VIEW and DO
Grades K-2 - Nature Cat - Snakes?! Why Does it Have to be Snakes?! (3:46) - VIEW
Grades K-4 - Wild Kratts - Snake Super Sense! (2:27) - VIEW
Grades K-4 - Wild Kratts - King Cobra (1:10) - VIEW
Grades K-4 - NHPBS Video - Up Close & Natural - Snakes (14:21) - VIEW
Grades K-6 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Science Trek - Snakes Media Gallery - VIEW and DO
Grades 1-3 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Snake Super Sense! (2:28) - VIEW and DO
Grades 3-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Untamed - Snakes (26:44) - VIEW, READ, DO
Grades 3-12 - NH Fish and Game - Snakes of New Hampshire - READ
Grades 3-12 - NHPBS NatureWorks - Squamata: Snakes, Lizards, and Worm Lizards -READ
Grades 4-6 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Dragonfly TV - Snakes (5:20) - VIEW and DO
Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - Carer Risks Life to Save One of Australia's Deadliest Snakes (3:26) - VIEW
Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Outdoor Nevada - Rattlesnakes (Available in Spanish) (4:19) - VIEW, READ, DO
Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Eons - The Great Snake Debate (6:28) - VIEW
Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Eons - How a Hot Planet Created the World's Biggest Snake (7:45) - VIEW

THEME: MARY BAKER EDDY

Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Soul of a Woman - The Life and Times of Mary Baker Eddy (55:40) - VIEW
Grades 7-12 - National Women's History Museum - Mary Baker Eddy - READ
Grades 7-12 - National Women's Hall of Fame - Mary Baker Eddy - READ
Grades 7-12 - NHPR - Mary Baker Eddy: Founding a Faith Against the Odds (and the Haters) (50:26) - READ and LISTEN

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