Trains - August 29

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Friday, August 29, 2025

Today is National Chop Suey Day and International Day Against Nuclear Tests.

Health and Wellness Month Resource of the Day: Healthline
Sandwich Month Sandwich of the Day: Tortas de Milanesa (Chicken Cutlet Sandwiches) with Mexican-style limeade

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Trains

ON THIS DATE

1787 - Shays' Rebellion, an armed uprising of Massachusetts farmers, begins in response to high debt and tax burdens.
1831 - Michael Faraday discovers electromagnetic induction.
1869 - The Mount Washington Cog Railway opens, making it the world's first mountain-climbing rack railway.
1958 - United States Air Force Academy opens in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
1966 - The Beatles perform their last concert before paying fans at Candlestick Park in San Francisco.
1991 - The Supreme Soviet, the parliament of the U.S.S.R., dissolves the Communist Party.
1997 - Netflix is launched as an internet DVD rental service.
2005 - Hurricane Katrina devastates much of the U.S. Gulf Coast

BIRTHDAYS

1913 - Baseball pitcher Jackie Mitchell
1915 - Actor Ingrid Bergman
1920 - Saxophonist and composer Charlie Parker
1923 - Director and producer Richard Attenborough
1936 - Politician John McCain
1946 - Long jumper Bob Beamon
1947 - Ethologist and author Temple Grandin
1958 - Singer-songwriter Michael Jackson
1967 - Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch

SONGS OF THE DAY

The Monkees - Last Train to Clarksville - LISTEN
Gladys Knight & the Pips - Midnight Train to Georgia - LISTEN
The Doobie Brothers - Long Train Running - LISTEN
The Clash - Train in Vain - LISTEN
Cat Stevens - Peace Train - LISTEN
O'Jays - Love Train - LISTEN
Elizabeth Cotten - Freight Train - LISTEN
Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train - LISTEN
Wabash Cannonball - Johnny Cash - LISTEN
Charlie Parker - Yardbird Suite - LISTEN
Michael Jackson - Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough - LISTEN

THEME: Trains

Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - 14 Trains (0:59) - VIEW
Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Train sings "Five By" (2:56) - VIEW
Grades PreK-3 - Dinosaur Train - VIEW and DO
Grades PreK-3 - Curious George - Train Station Game - DO
Grade 3-5 - Railroad Museum - VIEW and DO
Grades 5-12 - Mt. Washington Cog Railway: Climbing to the Clouds (26:47) - VIEW
Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - The Transcontinental Railroad (2:57) - VIEW and DO
Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - The Future of America's Past - Transcontinental (27:02) - VIEW
Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Ken Burns in the Classroom - The West: Trans-Siberian Railroad: The Artillery of Heaven (7:23) - VIEW
Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Ken Burns in the Classroom - The West: The Transcontinental Railroad (18:27) - VIEW
Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - The Library of Congress: Teaching with Primary Sources - The Trans-Siberian Railroad - VIEW, READ, DO
Grades 6-12 - American Experience - The Transcontinental Railroad - READ
Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - A Biography of America - The Transportation Revolution: Roads, Canals, and Railroads (26:40) - VIEW, READ, DO

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