Ozone Layer - September 16
Layers of Learning
Tuesday, September 16, 2025
Today is Trail of Tears Commemoration Day, Anne Bradstreet Day, Preservation of the Ozone Layer Day, Mayflower Day, Tattoo Day, Working Parents Day, Guacamole Day, Play-Doh Day, Cinnamon Raisin Bread Day, and Collect Rocks Day.
Classical Music Month Resource of the Day: American Masters: Zitkála-Šá: Trailblazing American Indian Composer and Writer
AMERICAN REVOLUTION HISTORY ON THIS DATE
1776 – American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Harlem Heights is fought.
1779 – American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah begins.
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: OZONE LAYER
ON THIS DATE
- 1630 - The village of Shawmut changes its name to Boston.
- 1920 - A bomb in a horse wagon explodes in front of the J. P. Morgan building in New York City killing 38 and injuring 400.
- 1940 - FDR signs the first peacetime military draft into law.
- 1974 - President Ford announces a conditional amnesty for Vietnam War draft dodgers.
- 1987 - The Montreal Protocol, designed to protect the ozone layer, is signed.
- 1886 - Abstract artist Jean Arp
- 1898 - Curious George co-creator H. A. Rey
- 1925 - Musician B.B. King
- 1925 - A Separate Peace author, John Knowles
- 1950 - Historian Henry Louis Gates Jr.
- 1971 - Actor Amy Poehler
- 1974 - Politicians Joaquin and Julian Castro
- 1992 - Musician Nick Jonas
- ELO - Mr. Blue Sky - LISTEN
- B.B. King - The Thrill Is Gone - LISTEN
B.B. King - How Blue Can You Get - LISTEN
- Grades K-5 - NHPBS Kids Writers Contest - Jacob and Jack Save the Ozone (1:35) - VIEW
- Grades 3-6 - NASA - EO Kids - Ozone Hole - READ and DO
- Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Why Don’t We Hear About the Ozone Hole Anymore? (4:16) - VIEW
- Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - PBS NewsHour - Antarctic Ozone Hole Believed to Be Shrinking (4:08) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NASA - NASA Ozone Watch - VIEW, READ, DO, and MONITOR
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Global Weirding - What About the Ozone Hole? (8:33) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Changes in the Ozone Layer (2:49) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Ozone Hole (Available in Spanish) (5:04) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Ozone: The Good, the Bad, and the CFCs (4:58) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nova - A Hole in the Sky (Available in Spanish) (3:47) - VIEW, READ, and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Ozone Hole: How We Saved the Planet (55:51) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Ozone Hole: How We Saved the Planet - Discovering the Ozone Hole (2:20) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Ozone Hole: How We Saved the Planet - The World Takes Action (6:13) - VIEW
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