Nelson Mandela - July 18

Friday, July 18, 2025

Today is National Caviar Day, National Sour Candy Day, Nelson Mandela International Day, and World Listening Day.

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
National Park Month Resource of the Day
Ice Cream Month Resource of the Day
Today's Theme: Nelson Mandela

ON THIS DATE

• 1969 - A car driven by Ted Kennedy plunged off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island killing passenger Mary Jo Kopechne.
• 1998 -  A tsunami along the coast of Papua New Guinea kills 3,000 people.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1635 - English scientist Robert Hooke 
• 1811 - English author William Makepeace Thackeray
• 1918 -  South African President and apartheid leader Nelson Mandela

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Free Nelson Mandela - The Specials - LISTEN
• Johnny Clegg (With Nelson Mandela) - Asimbonanga - LISTEN

NATIONAL PARK MONTH RESOURCE OF THE DAY

Devil's Tower, Wyoming - GO

ICE CREAM MONTH RESOURCE OF THE DAY

American Masters - Jacques Pepin Makes Ice Cream French Toast - VIEW

THEME: NELSON MANDELA

• Grades 7-12 - Frontline - The Long Walk of Nelson Mandela (1:55:30) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 7-12 - EDSITEment - Nelson Mandela & South Africa Teacher's Guide - DO
• Grades 7-12 - My Hero - Nelson Mandela Curated Multimedia Lesson Plan - VIEW, READ, and DO
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia- Remembering Nelson Mandela (18:23) - VIEW, READ, and DO
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - PBS NewsHour - Nelson Mandela’s Prison Letters Reveal His Unwavering Vision (8:20) - VIEW
  
• Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Basic Black - Nelson Mandela: A Revolutionary Who Preached Reconciliation (26:16) - VIEW

Pressroom Contact

Carla Gordon Russell
Director of Communications
crussell@nhpbs.org
(603) 868-4339