Orangutans - August 19
Swinging from Branch to Branch Learning
Wednesday, August 19, 2026
Today is National Aviation Day, International Bow Day, World Orangutan Day, National Hot and Spicy Food Day, World Photography Day, National Sandcastle and Sculpture Day, World Humanitarian Day, Potato Day, and National Soft-Serve Ice Cream Day.
- Sandwich of the Day: Book Sandwiches
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Poems of the Day
Art of the Day
Today's Theme: Orangutans
AMERICAN REVOLUTION HISTORY ON THIS DATE
1782 – The Battle of Blue Licks is fought almost 10 months after Cornwallis's surrender at Yorktown.
ON THIS DATE
- 1692 - Four women and one man are executed for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts.
- 1909 - The first automobile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway is held.
- 1934 - The first Soap Box Derby is held in Dayton, Ohio.
- 1934 - Adolf Hitler becomes the Führer of Germany.
- 1631 - English poet and playwright John Dryden
- 1871 - Inventor and aviator Orville Wright
- 1883 - French fashion designer Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel
- 1902 - Poet Ogden Nash
- 1921 - Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry
- 1939 - Drummer Ginger Baker
- 1946 - 42nd President Bill Clinton
Cool and the Gang - Jungle Boogie - LISTEN- Cream - White Room - LISTEN
- Simon and Garfunkel - At the Zoo - LISTEN
- John Dryden - Marriage a-la-Mode
- George Stubbs - A Monkey (1799)
- Grades PreK-12 - San Diego Zoo - Live Ape Cam - VIEW
- Grades K-4 - Wild Kratts - Orangutan Approved (3:17) - VIEW
- Grades K-4 - Wild Kratts - Swinging with the Monkeys (10:32) - VIEW
- Grades K-5 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Camp TV - Baby Orangutan Aisha (1:30) - VIEW
- Grades 3-4 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Orangutan Forest (1:12) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 3-8 - NHPBS Learning Media - Nature - Orangutans: Tool Use (5:10) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 4-12 - NHPBS - Windows to the Wild - Jack the Kid Conservationist (10:24) - VIEW
- Grades 5-8 - NHPBS Learning Media - Nature - Orangutans: Mother Knows Best (5:02) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - New Orangutan Species Filmed for First Time (3:00) - VIEW
- Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - Orangutan Mom Helps Baby Swing Through Tree Tops (1:08) -VIEW
- Grades 6-10 - NHPBS Learning Media - Nature - Orangutans: Refugees (5:01) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-10 - NHPBS Learning Media - Nature - Observing Orangutans in the Wild (4:21) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Islands of Wonder - Indah the Orangutan and Her Treatment for Arthritis (2:47) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - Orangutan Orphans Learn to Climb (3:09) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - Wild Florida - Saving the Great Apes (26:42) - VIEW
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