Farm Animals and Mohandas Gandhi - October 2
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Sunday, October 2, 2022
Today is International African Diaspora Day, National Fried Scallops Day, National Pickle Day, Peanuts (Cartoon) Day, and World Farm Animals Day.
October is Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Month, Down Syndrome Awareness Month, Dyslexia Awareness Month, Health Literacy Month, Pizza Month, National Dessert Month, National AIDS Awareness Month, Country Music Month, LGBT History Month, Bat Appreciation Month, World Animal Month, Bullying Prevention Month, and Raptor Month.
Animal Cam of the Day: Unity Sanctuary Farm Live Cams
Dessert of the Day: Fruit Jam Tartlet Cookies
LGBT History Resource of the Day: Origin of Everything - History of the Word "Gay"
On This Date
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Farm Animals and Mohandas Gandhi
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- 1919 - President Woodrow Wilson suffers a massive stroke.
- 1967 - Thurgood Marshall is sworn in as the first black justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
- 1950 - The first Peanuts comic strip by Charles M. Schulz is published.
- 1959 -The Twilight Zone premieres on CBS
- 1990 - The Senate votes 90-9 to confirm Supreme Court nominee and NH resident David H. Souter.
- 1452 - English king Richard III
- 1718 - English author and critic Elizabeth Montagu
- 1800 - Slave revolt leader Nat Turner
- 1869 - Mohandas Gandhi
- 1879 - Poet Wallace Stevens
- 1890 - Comedian Groucho Marx
- 1897 - Comedian Bud Abbott
- 1929 - Actor Moses Gunn
- 1945- Singer-songwriter Don McLean
- 1949 - Photographer Annie Leibovitz
- Don McLean - Vincent (Starry, Starry Night) - LISTEN
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Farm Animal Song (1:34) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Murray Had a Little Lamb (6:48) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Old Macdonald Had a Farm (1:32) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Kermit News: Old Macdonald's Dog (4:13) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street: Big Bird Visits A Farm (3:49) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - Peg + Cat - On The Farm Games - DO
- Grades 4-6 - PBS LearningMedia - DragonflyTV - Farm Animals (7:30) - VIEW and DO
THEME: MOHANDAS GANDHI
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Finding Your Roots - Kal Penn: Gandhi's Salt March (4:02) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - American Experience - Freedom Riders: The Inspiration (3:21) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 6-12 - EDSITEment - Martin Luther King, Jr., Gandhi, and the Power of Nonviolence Lesson Plan - DO
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - University Place - Is Gandhi Relevant Today? (47:54) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - The City Club Forum - Grandfather's Lessons in Nonviolence and How to Make Peace (59:06) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Religion and Ethics Weekly - MLK in Gandhi's Footsteps (7:26) - VIEW
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ON STORY - Fact V. Fiction
Sunday, 10/2 from 6-6:30 am NH WORLD
Jihan Crowther (The Underground Railroad) and Zach Baylin (King Richard) discuss tackling real life events and how they translate on screen. ON STORY Streaming Video and Podcast
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