January 13th is... Sesame Street Rubber Duckie's Birthday/National Rubber Ducky Day (1970), National Peach Melba Day, Public Radio Broadcasting Day (1910), Make Your Dreams Come True Day, International Skeptics Day, Korean American Day, National Sticker Day, National Poetry at Work Day, Stephen Foster Memorial Day, No Pants! Subway Ride Day, National Gluten-Free Day, Cuckoo Dancing Day, National Volunteer Fireman's Day, Lohri, Silvesterklause (Switzerland), Bodhi Day (Rohatsu), St. Knut's Day (Sweden), Day of Freedom Defenders (Lithuania), Feast of St. Hilary of Poitiers
MORE (2nd Sunday): Baptism of the Lord/Feast of the Baptism of the Lord, National Sunday Supper Day
PLUS - interesting books to read and free printables, paper crafts, kid crafts, activities, and coloring pages.
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Sesame Street Rubber Duckie's Birthday/National Rubber Ducky Day (1970)-- Did you know that in January of 1992, a shipment of 29,000 rubber duckies fell off a cargo ship in the Pacific Ocean? By 2007, the
Friendly Floateeshad traveled 17,000 miles around the world on the ocean currents. Some are still afloat today! Over time, people reported seeing the duckies in places such as Australia, Indonesia, South America, the Bering Strait, the Arctic, and in the Atlantic Ocean!
Read: Moby-Duck: The True Story of 28,800 Bath Toys Lost at Sea
-- When the writer Donovan Hohn heard of the mysterious loss of thousands of bath toys at sea, he figured he would interview a few oceanographers, talk to a few beachcombers, and read up on Arctic science and geography. But questions can be like ocean currents: wade in too far, and they carry you away. Hohn's accidental odyssey pulls him into the secretive arena of shipping conglomerates, the daring work of Arctic researchers, the lunatic risks of maverick sailors, and the shadowy world of Chinese toy factories. Moby-Duck is a journey into the heart of the sea and an adventure through science, myth, the global economy, and some of the worst weather imaginable.
• Rubber Duckies Bath Play Set -- Treat your little munchkin to classic fun in the tub with this adorable 5-piece rubber ducky set. It comes with 1 jumbo 12" rubber duckie and (4) little 3" yellow rubber ducks. Make bath time more appealing to your kiddo with these fun ducky buddies. Whether you are shopping for a birthday, holiday, or baby shower gift, these bath toys for girls and boys are guaranteed to be a hit. And they aren't just for the tub. The rubber duck toys can be tagged along to the beach or pool for memorable fun in the water.• Rubber Duck Bath Toys -- Rubber Duckies are Fun Safe Bath Toys For Kids. Great for Collectors, Kids, Babies, Teens, Whoever! Each Rubber Ducky is Unique Character, Color, Style. Includes 100 colorful Rubber Ducks Created and Designed in Various Random Styles for Pretend Play
• Rubber Duck Coloring and Activity Books
Rubber Duck
Amazon Freebies:• Read Rubber Duck ebooks for free with a Free Trial of Kindle Unlimited
• Free Rubber Duck apps
• Free Rubber Duck games
• Listen to Rubber Duck LPs with a Free Trial of Amazon Music Unlimited
• Watch Rubber Duck Videos for Free with a Free Trial of Amazon Prime
• Listen to Rubber Duck Audible books with Amazon Audible, and Get Two Free Audiobooks
• Free Alexa Skills | Rubber Duck
Free Printables, Coloring Pages, Activities and Crafts:
• Wise Quacks: A History of the Rubber Duck
• Rubber Duck coloring pages
• Rubber Duck Wall Art | Free Printable | Chicfetti
• Free Printable | Rubber Duck Subitizing Game
• Rubber Duck Valentines - Free Printables! A great candy-free idea!
• Free Rubber Duck Printables and Activities
• Rubber Duck Return Address Labels
• Rubber Duck Paper Craft
• How to Clean Rubber Duckies and Other Bath Toys
• DIY Ducky Soap | CreativeChild
• DIY Rubber Ducky Jelly Soap
• Create Your Own
Dive for Dr. DuckGame
• Rubber duckie cupcakes
• Rubber Duckie | Free Crochet Pattern
National Peach Melba Day
- Peach Melba was created in the late 1800s by French chef Escoffier for Dame Nellie Melba, a popular Australian opera singer. It is a concoction consisting of peach halves (poached in syrup), filled with vanilla ice cream, then topped with melba sauce (a raspberry sauce).
Sesame Street Rubber Duckie's Birthday (1970)
- Rubber Duckie is Ernie's toy duck and most treasured possession. Ernie has expressed his fondness for his duckie in several songs, most famously
Rubber Duckie, but the duck has also figured in
Put Down the Duckie,
D-U-C-K-I-E,
Do De Rubber Duck, and
The Honker-Duckie-Dinger Jamboree.
Public Radio Broadcasting Day (1910)
- Birth of public radio broadcasting is credited to Lee de Forest. On January 13, 1910, the first public radio broadcast was an experimental transmission of a live Metropolitan Opera House performance of several famous opera singers.
Make Your Dreams Come True Day
- Today gives you the opportunity to do something to realize your goals and dreams. Whatever your dreams are, they usually don't come true without some effort on your part. So, today is the perfect opportunity to do something about it.
International Skeptics Day
- Here is the perfect day for you... the
doubting Thomas. Perhaps the earth isn't really round!? Maybe, the sky isn't truly blue!? Does he (she) really love me!? These are the words and questions of the classical skeptic.
