Musical Instruments - July 31
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Wednesday, July 31, 2024
Today is National Avocado Day, National Mutt Day, and Uncommon Instruments Awareness Day.
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
National Park Month Resource of the Day
Ice Cream Month Resource of the Day
Today's Theme: Musical Instruments
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ON THIS DATE
- 1777 - 19-year-old Frenchman Marquis de Lafayette, is made a major-general in the American Continental Army.
- 1790 - The first U.S. patent is issued to Samuel Hopkins for a potash process.
- 1970 - Yo, Ho, Ho, and No Bottle of Rum - The last day of the officially sanctioned rum ration in the British Royal Navy.
- 1971 - Apollo 15 astronauts become the first to ride in a lunar rover.
- 1991 - The U.S. and Soviet Union sign the START I Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty.
- 2006 - Cuban leader Fidel Castro hands over power to his brother, Raúl.
- 2012 - Swimmer Michael Phelps breaks the record set in 1964 by Russian gymnast Larisa Latynina for the most medals won at the Olympics.
- 1945 - 68th Massachusetts Governor William Weld
- 1956 - 71st Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick
- 1965 - Author J. K. Rowling
NATIONAL PARK MONTH RESOURCE OF THE DAY
Great Smoky Mountains- GO
ICE CREAM MONTH RESOURCE OF THE DAY
Man with the Yellow Hat's Spiced Banana Ice Cream Recipe - DO
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street- Instruments (5:21) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-3 - NHPBS Kids - Music Games - DO
- Grades PreK-2 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Pinkalicious and Peterriffic - Hybrid Musical Instrument Artist (1:45) - VIEW
- Grades K-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Music Art Toolkit - Introduction to Instruments of the World (19:14) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Music Art Toolkit - IImmigrant Instrument: The Mandolin (6:59) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Sound Field- It's Time to Rethink the Banjo (14:47) - VIEW, READ, DO
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NATURE - Primates: Secrets of Survival 
Wednesday, 7/31 from 8-9 pm NHPBS
Discover the survival strategies used by primates, often in the most unexpected places. NATURE Streaming Video
NOVA - Sea Change: the Gulf of Maine - Peril 
Wednesday, 7/31 from 9-10 pm NHPBS
Explore Cashes Ledge, a remote and relatively pristine part of the Gulf as scientists investigate how the Gulf came to be and how its cold waters, unique tides, and even geologic shape powers a web of more than 3,000 species. NOVA Streaming Video
NOVA - Operation Bridge Rescue
Wednesday, 7/31 from 10-11 pm NHPBS
Follow the rebuilding of the 19th-century Blenheim Covered Bridge. Watch elite craftsmen raise this engineering icon under grueling time pressure and witness traditional artisans in China restoring ancient covered bridges to ensure their survival. NOVA Streaming Video
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HEMINGWAY - A Writer (1899-1929)
Wednesday, 7/31 from 1-3 pm NH EXPLORE
Hemingway, yearning for adventure, volunteers for the Red Cross during World War I. He marries Hadley Richardson moves to Paris, publishes The Sun Also Rises, and finds critical and commercial success with his second novel, A Farewell to Arms. HEMINGWAY Streaming Video
AMERICAN MASTERS - Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir
Wednesday, 7/31 from 3-5 pm NH EXPLORE
Explore the life of the groundbreaking author of The Joy Luck Club in this intimate portrait. Archival imagery, home movies, photographs, animation, and original interviews create a vivid, colorful journey through Tan's inspiring life and career. AMERICAN MASTERS Streaming Video
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