• Early Childhood Community
  This community has been created to celebrate the creativity and dedication of all those who participate in the education of young children.
• What Is the Right Age to Start Kindergarten?
  How old is old enough for kindergarten in 97? Who decides the answer for kids today?
• March Into Women's History Month!
  Planning a March project to celebrate Women's History Month? Join us as we explore some of the best Web sites for and about women.

Freidrich Engels, German social philosopher, born (1820)

Frances Willard, founded Women's Christian Temperance Union, born (1839)

Avery Brundage, AAU & International Olympic Committee president, born (1887)

• Great Sites for Teaching About...Olympics
  The best sites on the Web for teaching about the Olympic Games
• Gold Medal Olympics Activities!
  Ten gold-medal lessons about the Summer Olympics

Ed Sullivan, TV variety show host, born (1902)

Marcello Mastroianni, Italian actor (La Dolce Vita), born (1924)

Brigette Bardot, French actress (And God Created Woman), born (1934)

Seymour Cray, inventor (Cray I computer), born (1925)

• Great Sites for Teaching About...Inventors and Inventions
• Technology Center
  Resources from our technology subject center

Edwin Hubble, American astronomer, died (1953)

• Hubble Telescope Digital Images
  Resources from our database.
• Astronomy
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• Space Sciences
  Resources and tools from our Science Center.

Louis Pasteur, French bacteriologist (pasteurization), died at 72 (1895)

• Science Center 9-12
  
• Great Scientists
  Resources from and about many of the greatest scientists of the world!

Pope John Paul I died after only 33 days in office and was succeeded by John Paul II (1978)

Cornell astronomy professor Carl Sagan's 13 part "Cosmos" television series premiered on PBS (1980)

• Astronomy
  Resources from our database.
• Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
  Resources from our database.
• The Space Place
  This site is filled with projects and activities related to current space missions and information.
• Space Sciences
  Resources and tools from our Science Center.

Portugese explorer Juan Cabrillo discovered California at San Diego Bay (1542)

• Great Sites for Teaching About…Explorers
  Best sites on the web for teaching about exlorers

William the Conqueror & his Norman invaders landed in England (1066)

Two U.S. Army planes landed in Seattle, Wash., having completed the first round-the-world flight in 175 days (1924)

Newscaster David Brinkley, 74, retired after 54 years in broadcasting (1997)

• Education News
  Resources from our Education News Center

Siege of Yorktown began the last battle of the Revolutionary War (1781)

• Great Sites for Teaching About...The American Revolution
  Best sites on the web for teaching about the American Revolution time period.
• Join the Revolution!
  Follow the progress of the American Revolution War from the first battle to the last.

Donati's comet was the first to be photographed (1858)

• Space Sciences
  Resources and tools from our Science Center.

In baseball's biggest scandal a grand jury indicted 8 White Sox for throwing the 1919 World Series with the Cincinnati Reds (1920)