Jesse Owens - September 12

Monday, September 12, 2022

Today is National Day of Encouragement, Police Woman's Day, Video Games Day, and National Chocolate Milkshake Day.

September is National Square Dancing Month, National Food Safety Education Month, Classical Music Month, Library Card Sign-up Month, National Hispanic Heritage Month, National Save A Tiger Month, College Savings Month, and Be Kind To Editors & Writers Month.

Hispanic/Latino Resource of the Day: CEREBROedu: Una Ventana al Cerebro/BRAINedu: A Window into the Brain

Classical Music Resource of the Day: 10 Best Pieces of Classical Music For Kids

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme:  Jesse Owens
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ON THIS DATE

• 1609 - English explorer Henry Hudson sails into the bay that now bears his name.
• 1940 - Cave paintings are discovered in Lascaux, France.
• 1940 - 51 people are killed and over 200 injured in the Hercules Powder Plant Disaster in Roxbury, New Jersey.
• 1944 - U.S. troops enter Germany for the first time in WWII nearTrier.
• 1977 - South African black student activist Steven Biko dies in police custody.
• 2000 - Dutch lawmakers grant same-sex couples the right to marry.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1880 - Journalist H. L. Mencken
• 1897 - Chemist and physicist Irène Joliot-Curie
• 1913 - Athlete Jesse Owens
• 1944 - Singer-songwriter Barry White
• 1946 - Singer-songwriter and guitarist Tony Bellamy
• 1952 - Rush drummer Neil Peart
• 1957 - Composer Hans Zimmer
• 1981 - Singer and actor Jennifer Hudson
• 1994 - BTS rapper and songwriter RM

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Barry White - My First, My Last, My Everything - LISTEN
• Redbone - Come and Get Your Love - LISTEN
• Rush - Tom Sawyer - LISTEN
• Han Zimmer - Inception "Time" - LISTEN
• Jennifer Husdson - Respect - LISTEN
• BTS - Permission to Dance - LISTEN

THEME: JESSE OWENS

• Grades PreK-3 - Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum - Jesse Owens Races Home (1:45) -VIEW
• Grades 3-8 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Know Ohio - Jesse Owens (1:53) - VIEW 
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - American Experience - Jesse Owens (52:02) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - American Experience - Jesse Owens: Chapter One (10:28) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Gloria Hemphill Speaks about Her Father, Jesse Owens (3:36) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 7-12 - Ohio State University - Jesse Owens - READ
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - American Experience - Jesse Owens: A Hero's Welcome? (1:35) - VIEW 

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GREAT PERFORMANCES - The Conductor
Monday, 9/12 from 1:30-3 pm NHPBS EXPLORE
Follow Marin Alsop's journey to become the first female music director of a major symphony despite repeated rejection by the classical music industry. Features footage with her mentor Leonard Bernstein set to a soundtrack of her performances. GREAT PERFORMANCES Streaming Video

HARD PROBLEMS: THE ROAD TO THE WORLD'S TOUGHEST MATH CONTEST
Monday, 9/12 from 2-3 pm NH WORLD
Follow six exceptional high school students who represented the United States in 2006 at the world's toughest math competition - the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO). Each year, the grueling and exhilarating contest pits the top teams from 90 countries against one another. In their quest to solve some of the most challenging problems, these dedicated and talented students n shatter many stereotypes and cliches about the mathematically gifted.

COUNTING FROM INFINITY: YITANG ZHANG AND THE TWIN PRIME CONJECTURE
Monday, 9/12 from 3-4 pm NH WORLD
In April 2013 Yitang "Tom" Zhang, a virtually unknown mathematician working as an adjunct professor at the University of New Hampshire, submitted a paper to the Annals of Mathematics. Zhang had made an important breakthrough in Number Theory by solving the Twin Prime Conjecture (pairs of prime numbers that differ by two). His work, Small Gaps Between Primes, was immediately recognized as an important mathematical breakthrough, and Zhang became an instant celebrity - a role for which he was unprepared.

DAVID HOLT'S STATE OF MUSIC - Jontavious Willis
Monday, 9/12 from 3-3:30 pm NHPBS EXPLORE
David visits with Jontavious Willis, a young guitarist and singer from Georgia who embodies the rhythms and feel of traditional country blues. DAVID HOLT'S STATE OF MUSIC Streaming Video

AUSTIN CITY LIMITS - St. Vincent/Joy Olakokun
Monday, 9/12 from 3:30-4:30 pm NHPBS EXPLORE
Relish the distinctive sounds of St. Vincent and Joy Oladokun. The Grammy-winning St. Vincent plays songs from her much-praised LP Daddy's Home. Versatile singer/tunesmith Oladokun performs tunes from her album In Defense of My Own Happiness. AUSTIN CITY LIMITS Streaming Video

SECRETS OF THE SURFACE: THE MATHEMATICAL VISION OF MARYAM MIRZAKHANI 
Monday, 9/12 from 4-5 pm NH WORLD
Maryam Mirzakhani, an Iranian immigrant to the United States, was a superstar in her field. In 2014, prior to her untimely death at age 40, she became both the first woman and the first Iranian to be awarded the Fields Medal, the most prestigious award in mathematics, often equated in stature with the Nobel Prize. SECRETS OF THE SURFACE: THE MATHEMATICAL VISION OF MARYAM MIRZAKHANI Streaming Video

MAJOR LEAGUE CUBAN BASEBALL
Monday, 9/12 from 7-8 pm NH WORLD
A look at the experiences of Cubans at the most accomplished levels of America's national pastime - baseball - and explores their deep cultural and emotional connection to the game.

SHOHEI OHTONI: A BASEBALL VIRTUOSO
Monday, 9/12 from 8-9 pm NH WORLD
NHK has followed baseball sensation Shohei Ohtani closely since his 2018 Major League debut. We look at Ohtani's ability to both pitch and bat at the highest level. We hear from those who have supported him on and off the field and examine the importance of his father's training regime. Join us behind the scenes at such pivotal points as Ohtani's battle to recover from elbow surgery and reclaim his place as a baseball virtuoso like no other.

INDEPENDENT LENS - Hazing
Monday, 9/12 from 10-11:30 pm NHPBS
Filmmaker Byron Hurt embarks on a deeply personal journey to understand the underground hazing rituals, revealing the abuse and the lengths college students will go to fit in. INDEPENDENT LENS Streaming Video

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