Masterpiece and Monsterpiece Theater - January 10

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Friday, January 10, 2025

Today is National Houseplant Appreciation Day, Save the Eagles Day, and National Bittersweet Chocolate Day.

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

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 Theater 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

SONGS OF THE DAY

Jim Croce -Time in a Bottle - LISTEN
Pat Benatar - Love is a Battlefield - LISTEN
Rod Stewart - The First Cut is the Deepest - LISTEN

THEME: Masterpiece and Monsterpiece Theater

Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Little House on the Prairie (2:30) - VIEW
Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Dr. No (3:28) - VIEW
Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Upstairs Downstairs (4:11) - VIEW
Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Twelve Angry Men (2:01) - VIEW
Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Guys and Dolls (2:45) - VIEW
Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - The King and I (1:46) - VIEW
Grades 7-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Masterpiece Collection: Literary Drama - VIEW, READ, DO
Grades 7-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Masterpiece Collection: Historical Drama - VIEW, READ, DO
Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Masterpiece Theater - VIEW

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