Loretta Lynn - October 5
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Thursday, October 5, 2023
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- 1789 - The Women's March on Versailles effectively ends royal authority.
- 1938 - Jewish passports are invalidated in Nazi Germany.
- 1943 - Ninety-eight American POWs are executed by the Japanese on Wake Island.
- 1947 - President Truman makes the first televised Oval Office address.
- 1962 - The first James Bond theatrical feature, "Dr. No" starring Sean Connery as Agent 007, premiered in London.
- 1969 - "Monty Python's Flying Circus" debuts on BBC Television
- 1709 - Revivalist preacher Jonathan Edwards
- 1817 - British author and herpetologist Catherine Cooper Hopley
- 1829 - 21st President Chester A. Arthur
- 1922 - Cartoonist Bil Keane
- 1928 - Harriet the Spy author Louise Fitzhugh
- 1936 - Czech poet, playwright, and 1st president of the Czech Republic Václav Havel
- 1943 - Singer-songwriter Steve Miller
- 1958 - Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson
- 1959- Architect Maya Lin
- Grades: PreK-12 - Sesame Street - Loretta Lynn and the Count Sing Count On Me (3:48) - VIEW
- Grades: 5-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Ken Burns In the Classroom - Country Music - Writing the Truth: Loretta Lynn's Coal Miner's Daughter - VIEW
- Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - American Masters - Loretta Lynn and Conway Twitty (2:59) - VIEW
- Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Austin City Limits Hall of Fame 2015 - Loretta Lynn (3:50) - VIEW
- Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Austin City Limits Hall of Fame 2015 - Patty Loveless: Coal Miner's Daughter (3:13) - VIEW
- Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Austin City Limits Hall of Fame 2015 - Vince Gill and Patty Loveless: "After the Fire is Gone" (3:16) - VIEW
- Grades 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Austin City Limits - Loretta Lynn: "Coal Miner's Daughter" (3:13) - VIEW
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - PBS NewsHour - Loretta Lynn's First Birthday Party at 87 (8:44) - VIEW
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - American Masters - Loretta Lynn: Still a Country Girl (1:53:14) - VIEW
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - American Masters - Loretta Lynn: Lyricist and Songwriter (2:33) - VIEW
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - American Masters - Loretta Lynn's Gowns (1:58) - VIEW
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - American Masters - Why Loretta Lynn Wrote "You Ain't Woman Enough" (1;14) - VIEW
- Grades 8-12 - NHPBS Video - American Masters - Loretta Lynn Wrote for Women - Her Song "The Pill" (2:15) - VIEW
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BASEBALL - Shadow Ball
Thursday, 10/5 from 2:53-5 pm NHPBS
The fifth "inning" of Ken Burns's film BASEBALL looks at baseball's desperate attempts to survive the Great Depression and Babe Ruth's fading career, while a new generation of stars, including Joe DiMaggio and Ted Williams, is on the rise. It also presents the parallel world of the Negro Leagues, which thrived in the shadow of the Major Leagues. BASEBALL - Streaming Video
SIDETREK - Covered Bridges of New Hampshire
Thursday, 10/5 from 9-9:30 pm NHPBS
Hosts Julio Del Sesto and Sparky Von Plinsky attempt to visit 56 of New Hampshire's historic covered bridges in a 3-day weekend. SIDETREK - Covered Bridges of New Hampshire Streaming Video
GREAT PERFORMANCES - Andrea Bocelli: Believe
Thursday, 10/5 from 9:30-11 pm NHPBS
Enjoy the songs of the internationally beloved tenor's 2020 album recorded on location in Malta. Selections performed include "Gratia Plena," a duet with Cecilia Bartoli, and new interpretations of "Ave Maria" and Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah." GREAT PERFORMANCES Streaming Video
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THE GREEN PLANET - Human Worlds
Thursday, 10/5 from 3-4 pm NHPBS EXPLORE
Sir David Attenborough reveals how humans are helping plants, many of which face extinction. From projects in Africa to re-seeding the landscape to rebuilding a Brazilian rainforest tree by tree, everyone can work to make our world a little wilder. THE GREEN PLANET - Human Worlds Streaming Video
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AMERICA REFRAMED - We Like It Like That
Thursday, 10/5 from 8-9:30 pm NH WORLD
Created by largely Puerto Rican, Cuban, and African American youths living alongside each other in the 1960s, Boogaloo served as an authentic and vibrant cultural expression. "We Like It Like That" explores a pivotal moment in '60s music history when blues, funk, and traditional Caribbean rhythms were fused to define a new generation of urban Latinos. AMERICA REFRAMED - We Like It Like That Streaming Video
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