Masterpiece and Monsterpiece Theater

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Sunday, January 10, 2021

Today is League of Nations Day and National Bittersweet Chocolate Day.

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Masterpiece and Monsterpiece Theater
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ON THIS DATE

• 49 BC - Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, starting a civil war.
• 1776 - Thomas Paine publishes his pamphlet Common Sense.
• 1861 - Florida secedes from the Union.
• 1870 - John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil
• 1920 - League of Nations is established as the Treaty of Versailles goes into effect.
• 1927 - Fritz Lang's futuristic film Metropolis is released in Germany
• 1946 - the first General Assembly of the United Nations convenes in London
• 1946 - The United States Army Signal Corps successfully conducts Project Diana, bouncing radio waves off the Moon and receiving the reflected signals
• 1971 - "Masterpiece Theatre" premieres on PBS.
• 1984 - The United States and the Vatican establish full diplomatic relations.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1910 - Ballet dancer Galina Sergeyevna Ulanova
• 1943 - Singer-songwriter Jim Croce
• 1945 - Singer-songwriter Rod Stewart
• 1949 - Boxer George Foreman
• 1953 - Singer-songwriter Pat Benatar
• 1981 - Jared Kushner

SONGS OF THE DAY 

Jim Croce -Time in a Bottle - LISTEN
Pat Benatar - Love is a Battlefield - LISTEN

THEME:  Masterpiece and Monsterpiece Theater

• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Little Prairie on the Prairie - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Dr. No - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Upstairs Downstairs - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Twelve Angry Men - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Guys and Dolls - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - The King and I - VIEW
• Grades 5-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Masterpiece Collection - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Masterpiece Collection -VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Masterpiece Collection: Historical Drama - VIEW, READ, DO

Watch 

• 9-9:30 am NHPBS - SciGirls - Awesome Athletes
• 9:30-10 am NHPBS - Cyberchase - A Reboot Eve To Remember
• 10-10:30 am NHPBS - Odd Squad - Robert Plant/Game Time
• 1-2 pm NHPBS - Nova - Prediction By The Numbers
• 2-3 pm NHPBS - Nature - A Squirrel's Guide To Success
• 3-4 pm NHPBS - American Masters - Keith Haring: Street Art Boy
• 5-7 pm NHPBS - Maya Angelou: American Masters
• 7:30-9 pm NHPBS - Masterpiece: 50 Fabulous Years!
• 10 pm-12 am NH WORLD - Frontline - A Thousand Cuts

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