Magic - March 24
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Sunday, March 24, 2024
Today is Cheesesteak Day, Chocolate Covered Raisin Day, Cocktail Day, Palm Sunday, and Tuberculosis Day.
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: MAGIC
Watch
Women's History Resource the Day: PBS NewsHour - The Career of Chien-Shiung Wu, the ‘First Lady of Physics’
ON THIS DATE
- 1765 - Great Britain passes the Quartering Act requires colonists to house British troops.
- 1958 - Elvis Presley is inducted into the Army.
- 1973 - "Dark Side of the Moon" by Pink Floyd is released.
- 1989 - The supertanker Exxon Valdez runs aground and spills 240,000 barrels of crude oil into Prince William Sound in Alaska, the
- 1993 - Discovery of Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9.
- 2002 - Halle Berry becomes the first African-American performer to win a best actress Oscar, for "Monster's Ball."
- 1808 - Spanish opera singer Maria Malibran
- 1820 - Poet and composer Fanny Crosby
- 1826 - Activist and author Matilda Joslyn Gage
- 1874 - Magician and Escape Artist Harry Houdini
- 1883 - Golfer Dorothy Campbell
- 1911 - Animator and producer Joseph Barbera
- 1912 - Civil Rights activist Dorothy Height
- 1920 - Children's author Mary Stolz
- 1930 - Actor Steve McQueen
- 1940 - Fashion designer Bob Mackie
- 1946 - Stuntwoman Kitty O'Neil
- 1951 - Fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger
- 1973 - Actor Jim Parsons
- 1976 - Football player Peyton Manning
The Drifters - This Magic Moment - LISTEN
Santana - Black Magic Woman - LISTEN
America - You Can Do Magic - LISTEN
The Police - Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic - LISTEN
- Grades: PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Just like Magic with Sara Bareilles and Abby Cadabby (1:50 - VIEW and SING
- Grades: PreK-2 - Peg + Cat- Magical Shape Hunt Game - DO
- Grades K-3 - Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum - Harry Houdini Reader - READ and DO
- Grades: 3-6 - PBS LearningMedia - Math Mess- Math Magic (1:38) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 3-12 - NHPBS Family Math- Math Card Tricks - DO and AMAZE
- Grades: 3-6 - ReadWriteThink - The Houdini Box by Brian Selznick - Writing Lesson Plans - READ and DO
- Grades: 4-12 - PBS LearningMedia - American Experience - Houdini Gallery - VIEW
- Grades: 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - NOVA - Magic and the Brain (4:10) - VIEW
- Grades: 7-12 - American Experience - Houdini - The Man Behind the Myth - READ
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Univesity Place - Houdini and the Cult of Celebrity (59:09) - VIEW
WATCH
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RUTH STONE'S VAST LIBRARY OF THE FEMALE MIND
Sunday, 3/24 from 9-10 pm NH EXPLORE
Poet Ruth Stone forged her art out of loss and inspired countless others to create from her hilltop home in the Green Mountains of Vermont. RUTH STONE'S VAST LIBRARY OF THE FEMALE MIND Streaming Video
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