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| Teaching - there can be no finer calling requiring the clearest demonstration of moral and ethical behavior. Ira Shull, For the Love of Teaching |
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| Why do you teach? Let Us Know. | 
| Tell Us about your most memorable teacher. |
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Today's 5-Minute Quest
Good Luck! |
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  Use all of these letters to spell the name of a children's author born on this date.
KLINK US A SUN |
Use all of these letters to spell the name of a country where this date is a holiday or special observance:
ARUBA GIL |
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(hint: all three questions will require you to use a link found on this page)
Use all of these letters to spell the title of an essay by Henry David Thoreau:
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| Bonaire: Bonaire Day |
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| Bulgaria: Unification Day (Commemorates the reunification of Northern Bulgaria & Eastern Rumelia: 09/06/1885) |
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| Sao Tome and Principe: Armed Forces Day/Heroes Day (Observed annually on September 6) |
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| Swaziland: Somhlolo Independence Day (Commemorates independence from Great Britain: 09/06/1968) |
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| United States: Read a Book Day |
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| 1869 | Felix Salten (Hungarian Children's Author of Bambi) |
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| 1917 | Frank Modell (Pennsylvania-born Children's Author, Illustrator) |
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| 1927 | Margery Facklam (New York-born Children's Science Author) |
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| 1941 | Susan Kuklin (Pennsylvania-born Photographer, Children's Author) |
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| 1900 | Julian Green (French Author) |
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| 1900 | Lauri Viljanen (Finnish Author) |
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| 1928 | Robert Pirsig (Minnesota-born Author: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance) |
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| 1965 | Christopher Nolan (Irish Poet) |
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| 1805 | Horatio Greenough (Massachusetts-born Sculptor) |
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| 1912 | Wayne Barlow (Ohio-born Composer) |
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| 1923 | William Kraft (Chicago-born Percussionist, Composer, Conductor ) |
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| 1938 | Joan Tower (New York-born Composer) |
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| 1766 | John Dalton (English Scientist: Father of the Atomic Theory) |
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| 1811 | James Gilliss (Washington, D.C.-born Naval Officer; Founder of the U.S. Naval Observatory) |
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| 1876 | J. J. R. Macleod (Scottish-born 1923 Nobel Laureate for Medicine or Physiology for Discovery of Insulin) |
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| 1895 | Walter Robert Dornberger (German Engineer; Directed Construction of V-2 Rocket) |
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| 1906 | Luis Federico Leloir (Argentine 1970 Nobel Laureate for Chemistry) |
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| 1919 | Wilson Greatbatch (New York-born Inventor of the Pacemaker, Member of the Inventors Hall of Fame) |
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| 1888 | Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. (Massachusetts-born Businessman; Father to John, Robert and Ted Kennedy) |
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| 1757 | Marquis de Lafayette (French General and Aristocrat) |
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| 1819 | William S. Rosecrans (Ohio-born Union General) |
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| 1890 | Claire Chennault (Texas-born U.S. Air Force General, Aviator) |
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| 1800 | Catherine Beecher (New York-born Educator) |
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| 1783 | Arnaud Julie Beauvais (Louisiana Governor: 1829-1830) |
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| 1860 | Jane Addams (Illinois-born Social Reformer: 1931 Nobel Laureate for Peace) |
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| 1899 | Billy Rose (New York City-born Theatrical Impresario, Producer, Composer/Songwriter) |
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| 1925 | Jimmy Reed (Mississippi-born African-American Jazz Guitarist) |
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| 1944 | Swoosie Kurtz (Nebraska-born Actress) |
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| 1947 | Jane Curtin (Massachusetts-born Actress) |
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| 1958 | Jeff Foxworthy (Georgia-born Comedian) |
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| 1888 | Urban "Red" Faber (Iowa-born Member of the Baseball Hall of Fame) |
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| 1909 | Mickey Riley (Michael Galitzen: 1932 Olympic Gold Medal Diver) |
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| 1889 | Bob Younger (Missouri-born Outlaw; Dies in the Minnesota State Prison) |
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| 1966 | Margaret Sanger (New York-born Pioneer of Birth Control) |
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| Joel Augustus Rogers (Jamaican-born African-American Anthropologist, Historian) |
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| 1998 | Akira Kurosawa (Japanese Filmmaker) |
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| Tommy Bartlett (Founder of the Tommy Bartlett Show at the Wisconsin Dells) |
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| 2007 | Luciano Pavarotti (Italian Operatic Tenor) |
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| 1522 | Magellan's Ship Victoria Arrives in Spain Completing First World Circumnavigation |
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| 1777 | General George Washington Holds a Council of War with His Staff at the Hale-Byrnes House in Stanton, Delaware |
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| 1791 | Mozart's Opera, "La Clemenza di Tito," Is First Performed on the Eve of the Coronation of Leopold II of Prague |
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| 1805 |
 Clark: Some little rain, purchased two fine horses & took a Vocabiliary of the language litened our loads & packed up, rained contd. untill 12 oClock we Set out at 2 oClock at the Same time all the Indians Set out on Ther way to meet the Snake Indians at the 3 forks of the Missouri. Crossed a Small riverfrom the right Soon after Setting out, also a Small Creek from the North all three forks Comeing together below our Camp at which place the Mountains Close on each Side of the river, We proceeded on N 30 W. Crossed a Mountain and Struck the river Several miles down, at which place the Indians had Encamped two days before,
we Proceeded on Down the River which is 30 yds. wide Shallow & Stoney. Crossing it Several times & Encamped rained this evening nothing to eate but berries, our flour out, and but little Corn, the hunters killed 2 pheasents only—
all our horses purchased of the oote lash Shutes we Secured well for fear of their leaveing of us, and watched
Ordway: a clear cold morning. we packed up our baggage the natives got up their horses also and Struck their Lodges in order to Set out for the Missourie. we have now got 40 good pack horses and three Colts. four hunters were furnished horses without loads in order to hunt constant. about 1 oClock we Set out again on our journey. the natives Set out at the Same time for the Missourie we proceeded on soon crossed a large creek in this valley then Soon took the mountains. one of the hunters left us. we went over a Mountain about 7 miles and descended down the Mountain on a creek and Camped. eat a little parched corn. light Sprinkling of rain, through the course of this |
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| 1806 |
Clark: The Musquetors excessively troublesom we Set out early at the great Cut off Saw a herd of Elk, we landed and Sent out Several hunters to kill Some of the Elk, they returnd. without killing any as the Elk was wild and ran off much fritened. I Sent the two Small Canoes on a head with derections to hunt in two bottoms below, and after a delay of half an hour proceeded on wind-hard a head at the lower point 7 of Pelecan Island a little above the Petite River de Seeoux we met a tradeing boat of Mr. Ag. Choteaux of St Louis bound to the River Jacque to trade with the Yanktons, this boat was in Care of a Mr. Henry Delorn, he had exposed all his loading and Sent out five of his hands to hunt they Soon arived with an Elk. we purchased a gallon of whiskey of this man and gave to each man of the party a dram which is the first Spiritious licquor which had been tasted by any of them Since the 4 of July 1805. Several of the party exchanged leather for linen Shirts and beaver for Corse hats. Those men Could inform us nothing more than that all the troops had movd. from the Illinois and that Genl. Wilkinson was prepareing to leave St. Louis. We advised this trader to treat the Tetons with as much Contempt as possible and Stated to him where he would be benefited by such treatment &c &c. and at 1 P. M Set out those men gave us 2 Shots from a Swivell they had on the bow of their boat which we returned in our turn. proceeded on about 3 miles and Came up with two of the hunters, they had not killd. any thing. at 5 miles we over took the Canoe of the other hunters with Shannon in it floating down, the two fields being in the woods behind we Came too on a Sand bar on the N. E. Side and delayed all the after part of the day for the two Felds, Sent out 3 men to hunt in the bottom up the river and observe if they Saw any Sign of the hunters. the evening proved Cloudy and the wind blew hard two pelicans were killed to day. we came 30 Miles only to day the 2 fieldses did not join us I think they are below. The Chief & the Squaws & children are awarey of their journey. Children cry &c. |
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| 1814 | Indiana Territorial Legislature Charters the Territory's First Banking Institutions |
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| 1839 | Spain Demands La Amistad and Its "Cargo" Be Returned to Spanish Custody Immediately |
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| The Constitution of the Cherokee Nation Is Enacted |
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| 1834 | Dubuque County Iowa Is Established |
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| 1844 | John C. Fremont Reaches the Great Salt Lake and Maps the Region |
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| 1847 | Henry David Thoreau Leaves Walden Pond after Two Years |
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| 1853 | José Manuel Gallegos Is Elected as the First Hispanic Delegate to the U.S. Congress from New Mexico |
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| Colonel William Tecumseh Sherman Resigns His U.S. Army Commission to Become a Banker in San Francisco |
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| 1854 | Alachua County, Florida Commissioners Order Survey for County Seat to be Called Gainesville |
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| 1861 | Union Troops Capture Paducah, Kentucky |
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| 1863 | Confederates Evacuate Battery Wagner And Morris Island, South Carolina |
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| 1864 | U.S.S. Proteus Captures Blockade-running British Schooner Ann Louisa |
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| 1870 | General Jefferson C. Davis Is Appointed Commander of the Military District of Alaska |
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| 1875 | Texas State Constitutional Convention Convenes in Austin |
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| 1876 | Southern Pacific Railroad Completes Line Connecting Los Angeles and San Francisco |
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| 1877 | The Minnesota Chapter of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union Is Formed |
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| 1878 | Kate Kane Rossi Is Admitted to the Wisconsin Bar in Milwaukee and Is the First Female Lawyer to Practice in That City |
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| 1880 | General Thomas Churchill Is Elected Governor of Arkansas |
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| 1882 | Seven Men Participate in the Nation's First 100-mile Bike Race |
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| 1888 | White Political Leaders Order Black Leaders Out of Fort Bend County, TX |
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| 1894 | One of the Biggest Gas Wells Ever Drilled Is Completed on Moses Spencer's Farm, Tyler County, West Virginia |
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| 1899 | The First Carnation Condensed Milk Is Manufactured in Kent, Washington |
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| 1901 | Leon F. Czolgosz Shoots and Mortally Wounds President William McKinley |
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| 1921 | Peace Arch Is Dedicated on U.S./Canadian Border |
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| 1922 | A Temperature of 105 Degrees Is Recorded at New Ulm, Minnesota |
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| 1939 | South Africa Declares War on Germany |
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| 1941 | The Light Cruiser U.S.S. Atlanta Is Launched at Kearny, New Jersey |
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| 1944 | The Atlanta Journal Condemns Taxes Milledgeville and Newnan, Georgia Have Levied on Union Organizers |
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| 1945 | President Truman Presents Post-War Economic Recovery Plan to Congress |
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| 1949 | First State-supported African-American Junior College Is Established in Pensacola, FL |
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| 1950 | 38.7" of Rain from Hurricane Easy Flood Yankeetown, Florida |
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| 1952 | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Begins Operation in Montreal |
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| Benito Martinez' Heroism Earns the Congressional Medal of Honor |
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| Presidential Candidates Dwight D. Eisenhower and Adlai E. Stevenson Address a Crowd of 125,000 Near Rochester, Minnesota |
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| 1954 | Florida Governor Charley Johns Opens the Sunshine Skyway Toll Bridge over Tampa Bay |
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| 1959 | The Final Episode of Fibber McGee and Molly Airs on Radio |
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| 1960 | Rafer Johnson Sets an Olympic Decathlon Record of 8,392 Points |
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| 1965 | Indian Army Invades West Pakistan |
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| 1966 | Classes Begin for the First Time at Seattle Community College |
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| 1967 | Bob Hope Hosts the Final Episode of the Chrysler Theater |
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| 1968 | Rumors Prompt Armed Black Panthers to Visit Rainier Beach High School, WA |
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| 1972 | Palestinian Black September Terrorists Massacre Israeli Olympic Athletes |
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| 1975 | Martina Navratilova Requests Asylum at U.S. Open Tennis Tournament |
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| 1976 | Soviet Pilot Lands MIG Fighter Jet in Japan Requesting Asylum in the U.S. |
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| 1978 | First Successful Laboratory Production of Human Insulin Is Announced |
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| 1986 | Abu Nidal Terrorist Organization Attacks Neveh Shalom Synagogue, Killing 22 |
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| 1995 | Cal Ripken Plays His 2,131st Consecutive Game Breaking Lou Gehrig's Record |
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| 1997 | Diana, Princess of Wales, Is Buried |
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| The U.S.S. Louisiana Is Commissioned at Georgia's Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base |
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| 1998 | Georgia's 80-foot-tall Sapelo Island Lighthouse Is Turned on for the First Time in 100 Years |
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| 2000 | More Than 150 World Leaders Gather at UN Millennium Summit |
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