New York Times published its first issue in 1851. It was founded by Henry Jarvis Raymond and George Jones. The initial cost of the newspaper was a penny. Its slogan is “All the News That’s Fit to Print.” Children could visit the newspaper’s very comprehensive kids website at: http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/
Poinsettia Day marks the death of Dr. Joel Roberts Poinsett. A United States diplomat assigned to Mexico, he was the first person to bring the poinsettia plant from Central America to the United States. The plant was named in honor of him. He died in 1851 near Statesburg, South Carolina. Now the poinsettia is associated with the Christmas season. The red portions of a poinsettia are actually a type of bracket leaf. The real flowers are the yellow dots in the center of the red bracket leaves. Children could read Tomie dePaola’s The Legend of the Poinsettia.