Mt. Everest - May 29

Wednesday, May 29, 2024

Today is International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, Paper Clip Day,  Pink Flamingo Day, and National Biscuit Day. 

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Mt. Everest
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ON THIS DATE

• 1660 - Charles II is restored to the throne of England, Scotland, and Ireland.
• 1790 - Rhode Island becomes the last of the 13 Colonies to ratify the Constitution. 
• 1913 - Igor Stravinsky's Paris performance of the "Rite of Spring" maybe leads to a riot.
• 1953 - Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reach the summit of Mt. Everest. 

BIRTHDAYS

• 1630 - King Charles II of England
• 1736 -  Politician and revolutionary leader Patrick Henry
• 1917 - President John F. Kennedy 

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Audra McDonald - Climb Every Mountain - LISTEN
• Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell - Ain't No Mountain High Enough - LISTEN
• John Denver - Rocky Mountain High - LISTEN

THEME: Mt. Everest

• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street Bangladesh: Sisimpur - Climbing Mount Everest (Bangla) (3:33) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-adult - Sesame Street Girls Around the World - Google Earth - VIEW
• Grades PreK-3 - Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum - To the Top of Mt. Everest (2:06)-  VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova - Trying to Breathe on Mt. Everest (3:34) - VIEW, READ, and DO

WATCH

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NATURE - Niagara Falls 
Wednesday, 5/29 from 8-9 pm NHPBS
Embark to Niagara Falls and witness its stunning beauty and a wide variety of wildlife - mammals, birds, and reptiles -  that call it home. Through the eyes of passionate scientists, uncover a complex world forged by stone and powered by water. NATURE Streaming Video

NOVA - Why Ships Crash 
Wednesday, 5/29 from 9-10 pm NHPBS
When the colossal Ever Given container ship crashed into the bank of the Suez Canal in March 2021, international supply chains ground to a halt. How could such a disaster happen? And can the investigation help prevent future accidents? NOVA Streaming Video

POMPEII: THE NEW DIG - The Final Hours
Wednesday, 5/29 from 10-11 pm NHPBS
In Pompeii, the excavation of a wealthy villa, bakery, and laundry reaches its peak. Chilling details about what people were doing in the final terrifying hours of AD 79 are revealed. As the eruption began to subside, were they over the worst? POMPEII: THE NEW DIG Streaming Video

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AMERICAN EXPERIENCE - Fatal Flood 
Wednesday, 5/29 from 2-3 pm NH WORLD
In the spring of 1927, after weeks of incessant rains, the Mississippi River went on a rampage from Cairo, Illinois to New Orleans, inundating hundreds of towns, killing as many as a thousand people, and leaving a million homeless. In Greenville, Mississippi, efforts to contain the river pitted the majority black population against an aristocratic plantation family, the Percys -- and the Percys against themselves. A story of greed, power, and race during one of America's greatest natural disasters. AMERICAN EXPERIENCE Streaming Video

AMERICAN EXPERIENCE - Flood in the Desert 
Wednesday, 5/29 from 3-4 pm NH WORLD
Explore the 1928 dam collapse, the second deadliest disaster in California history. A colossal engineering failure, the dam was built by William Mulholland to ensure the growth of Los Angeles by bringing water to the city via an aqueduct. AMERICAN EXPERIENCE Streaming Video

AMERICAN EXPERIENCE - Zoot Suit Riots 
Wednesday, 5/29 from 4-5 pm NH WORLD
In June 1943, Los Angeles erupted into the worst race riots in the city to date. For ten straight nights, American sailors armed with make-shift weapons cruised Mexican American neighborhoods in search of "zoot-suiters" — hip, young Mexican teens dressed in baggy pants and long-tailed coats. The military men dragged kids — some as young as twelve years old —  and viciously beat them. AMERICAN EXPERIENCE Streaming Video

P.O.V. - How To Have An American Baby 
Wednesday, 5/29 from 7-9 pm NH WORLD
Voyage into the shadow economy that caters to Chinese tourists who travel to the US to give birth to obtain citizenship for their babies. Told through a series of intimately observed vignettes, the story of a hidden global economy emerges-depicting the fortunes and tragedies that befall the ordinary people caught in its web. P.O.V. Streaming Video

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