The Pilgrims - September 6
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Friday, September 6, 2024
Today is Fight Procrastination Day, National Coffee Ice Cream Day, Read a Book Day, Barbie Doll Day, Food Bank Day, and Lazy Moms Day
- Daily Hispanic Heritage Month Resource of the Day: Salsa: Spanish for Children
- Classical Music Month Resource of the Day: Isabella Leonarda - Magnificat
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: The Pilgrims
ON THIS DATE
- 1620 - The Pilgrims sail from Plymouth, England on the Mayflower.
- 1628 - The Puritans settle in Salem.
- 1901 - President William B. McKinley is shot and mortally wounded by anarchist Leon Czolgosz at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, N.Y.
- 1916 - Piggly Wiggly, the first self-service grocery store was opened in Memphis, Tennessee.
- 1972 - The Palestinian terrorist group Black September take nine Israeli athletes hostage at the Munich Olympic Games.
- 1995 - Cal Ripken, Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles plays in his 2,131st consecutive game, breaking a 56-year-old record.
- 1997 - The funeral of Princess Diana takes place in London.
- 1757 - Revolutionary War military officer Lafayette
- 1766 - English scientist John Dalton
- 1620 - Italian composer Isabella Leonarda
- 1800 - Educator and activist Catharine Beecher
- 1863 - Illustrator Jessie Willcox Smith
- 1880 - Social worker and reformer Jane Addams
- 1925 - Singer-songwriter and guitarist Jimmy Reed
- 1940 - Artist Elizabeth Murray
- 1962 - Politician Chris Christie
- 1971 - Irish singer-songwriter Dolores O'Riordan
- 1972 - English actor Idris Elba
- Isabella Leonarda - Sonata 10 - LISTEN
- Jimmy Reed - Baby What You Want Me To - LISTEN
- The Cranberries - Zombie - LISTEN
- Earth, Wind & Fire - September - LISTEN
- Grades 3-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia - The First Official Thanksgiving Collection - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 3-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - American Experience - The Pilgrims Collection - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 3-12 - Plimoth Plantation - Who Were the Pilgrims? - READ
- Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Be Smart - Trying a Thanksgiving Feast Made From Bugs (14:55) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - PBS NewsHour-Thanksgiving Through the Lens of Native Americans Today - DO
- Grades 6-12 - American Experience - The Pilgrims (1:52:09) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - A History of Thanksgiving - VIEW, READ, DO
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