John Schlesinger, film director (Midnight Cowboy, Darling) born in London (1926)

Johann Strauss, Austrian composer (Blue Danube), born (1866)

• Making the Case for Music Education
  
• Energy In The Air: Sounds From The Orchestra
  

Nuclear submarine USS Triton set off on underwater round-world trip ((1960))

The National Deaf Mute College (now Gallaudet College), the first school in the world for advanced education of the deaf, was founded in Washington, DC (1857)

• Special Education Center
  Resources and activities from our Special Education Center
  
• Deaf-Blind Awareness Week
  Education World looks at some noteworthy Web sites dedicated to the topic of deaf-blindness.
  

Benjamin Franklin's “General Magazine”, the second magazine in America, began publishing (1741)

U.S. Navy Lieutenant Stephen Decatur raided Tripoli Harbor & burned the frigate "Philadelphia" after pirates seized it (1804)

First U.S. Esperanto club organized in Boston (1905)

Sue S. Dauser was appointed first female captain in the U.S. Navy (1944)

Elizabeth W. Peratrovich, a native Tlingit, won her long fight for civil rights for the native people of Alaska (1945)

• The Iditarod: The Last Great Race
  Alaska's annual Iditarod Dogsled Race is a perfectly "teachable moment." Wise teachers are using the race and the many Web sites connected with it to teach geography, math, reading, and language arts.
  
• Explore Alaska: Three Scavenger Hunts
  Students explore an "Alaska" Web site in search of answers to ten grade-appropriate questions.
  
• Great Sites for Teaching about... Alaska
  In recognition of the anniversary of Alaska's statehood (January 3, 1959), this week's sites are among the best on the Web for teaching about our 49th state.