Jesse Owens - September 12
Really Fast Learning
Friday, September 12, 2025
Today is Day of Encouragement, Police Women's Day, Video Games Day, Programmers Day, Day of Civic Hacking, and Chocolate Milkshake Day.
Hispanic/Latino Heritage Month Resource of the Day: CEREBROedu: Una Ventana al Cerebro/BRAINedu: A Window into the Brain
Classical Music Month Resource of the Day: 10 Best Pieces of Classical Music For Kids
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Jesse Owens
ON THIS DATE
- 1609 - English explorer Henry Hudson sails into the bay that now bears his name.
- 1940 - Cave paintings are discovered in Lascaux, France.
- 1940 - 51 people are killed and over 200 injured in the Hercules Powder Plant Disaster in Roxbury, New Jersey.
- 1944 - U.S. troops enter Germany for the first time in WWII near Trier.
- 1977 - South African black student activist Steven Biko dies in police custody.
- 2000 - Dutch lawmakers grant same-sex couples the right to marry.
- 1880 - Journalist H. L. Mencken
- 1897 - Chemist and physicist Irène Joliot-Curie
- 1913 - Athlete Jesse Owens
- 1944 - Singer-songwriter Barry White
- 1946 - Singer-songwriter and guitarist Tony Bellamy
- 1952 - Rush drummer Neil Peart
- 1957 - Composer Hans Zimmer
- 1981 - Singer and actor Jennifer Hudson
- 1994 - BTS rapper and songwriter RM
- Barry White - My First, My Last, My Everything - LISTEN
- Redbone - Come and Get Your Love - LISTEN
- Rush - Tom Sawyer - LISTEN
- Hans Zimmer - Inception "Time" - LISTEN
- Jennifer Hudson - Respect - LISTEN
- BTS - Permission to Dance - LISTEN
- Grades PreK-3 - Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum - Jesse Owens Races Home (1:45) -VIEW
- Grades 3-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Know Ohio - Jesse Owens (1:53) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - American Experience - Jesse Owens: Chapter One (10:28) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Gloria Hemphill Speaks about Her Father, Jesse Owens (3:36) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 7-12 - Ohio State University - Jesse Owens - READ
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - American Experience - Jesse Owens: A Hero's Welcome? (1:35) - VIEW
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