• Earth Sciences
  Resources and tools from our Science Center.

Mahatma (Mohandas) Gandhi, pacifist political and spiritual leader of India, born (1869)

• Heroes Online: Looking to the Web For Those We Can Look Up To
  
• Great Sites for Teaching about Heroes
  

Charles Darwin returned to England from his four and a half year voyage of natural exploration on the H.M.S. Beagle (1836)

• Science Center 9-12
  
• Charles Darwin
  
• Life Science
  Scientists

Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as the first black Supreme Court Justice (1967)

• Ten Activities Celebrate Achievements of African Americans!
  With the assistance of the Web, you too can incorporate activities that reflect the positive impact black Americans have had on our nation's history

Wallace Stevens, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet (Collected Poems) born, (1879)

• Great Sites for Teaching About…Poetry
  

Groucho Marx, comedian, member of the Marx Brothers (Duck soup, Animal Crackers) born (1890)

Graham Greene, English novelist (The Third Man), born (1904)

• 9-12 Literature & Poetry Center
  Resources and tools from our Language & Literature Center

First self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction demonstrated in Chicago (1942)

• Science Center 9-12
  

Don McLean, singer songwriter (American Pie, Vincent) born, (1945)

Redwood National Park established (1868)

• Our National Parks
  Some of the best sites on the Web for teaching about our national parks.