Amelia Earhart - July 24

Wednesday, July 24, 2024

Today is  Amelia Earhart Day, Cousins Day, National Drive-Thru Day, National Tequila Day, and Tell An Old Joke Day.

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
National Park Month Resource of the Day
Ice Cream Month Resource of the Day
Today's Theme: Amelia Earhart
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ON THIS DATE

• 1959 - U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev have a "Kitchen Debate" at the American National Exhibition in Moscow,
• 1974 - The Supreme Court unanimously rules that President Richard Nixon had no authority to withhold subpoenaed White House tapes.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1783 - Military commander and politician Simón Bolívar
• 1802 - French author Alexandre Dumas
• 1897 - Pilot Amelia Earhart
• 1900 - Writer Zelda Fitzgerald
• 1920 - Politician Bella Abzug

SONG OF THE DAY 

• Joni Mitchell - Amelia - LISTEN
• Frank Sinatra - Come Fly With Me - LISTEN
  
• Lenny Kravitz - Fly Away - LISTEN
• Foo Fighters - Learn To Fly - LISTEN
• Learn to Fly - Foo Fighters Rockin'1000 - LISTEN
• Steve Miller Band - Jetliner - LISTEN
• REO Speedwagon - Time for Me to Fly - LISTEN

NATIONAL PARK MONTH RESOURCE OF THE DAY

Hawai'i Volcanoes National Parks - GO

ICE CREAM MONTH RESOURCE OF THE DAY

PBS Kids - Donkey Hodie - Donkey's FroYo Stand - PLAY

THEME: AMELIA EARHART

• Grades K-3 - Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum - Amelia Earhart  Brochure - READ
• Grades K-3  - Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum - Amelia Earhart  Coloring Sheet - DO
• Grades K-3 - Xavier Riddle READ ALONG! With Author Brad Meltzer -  I Am Amelia Earhart (13:26) - VIEW
• Grades K-4  VIEW
• Grades 3-8 - NHPBS Learningmedia - Amelia Earhart - Aviator, Record-breaker, and Activist (Available in Spanish) (4:00) - VIEW,  READ, and DO
• Grades 3-12 - ReadWriteThink - Amelia Earhart Resources - READ and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - American Experience- Amelia Earhart Chapter One (8:39) - VIEW
  
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Images of the Past - Finding Amelia (27:19) -  VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video -  PBS NewsHour - Newly Discovered Footage of Amelia Earhart Unearthed (1:12)  - VIEW

WATCH

NHPBS - 11.1 Comcast (2/802) More Options

NATURE - American Horses 
Wednesday, 7/24 from 8-9 pm NHPBS
American horses are icons. Mustang. Appaloosa. Morgan. Quarter Horse. Follow the history of the uniquely American horse breeds that helped shape our nation and meet the people who are continuing in the long tradition of caring for them.NATURE Streaming Video

NOVA - Sea Change: The Gulf of Maine - Bounty
Wednesday, 7/24 from 9-10 pm NHPBS
Discover the Gulf of Maine and how its bounty was forever changed by European settlers. Now with the Gulf warming faster than 99 percent of the global ocean, witness how wildlife and people are adapting to rapid change. NOVA Streaming Video

NOVA - Sunken Ship Rescue
Wednesday, 7/24 from 10-11 pm NHPBS
Follow the epic operation to secure, raise, and salvage the Costa Concordia cruise ship, which ran aground and tragically capsized off the coast of Italy in 2012, killing 32 passengers. Moving the ship - which stretches the length of three football fields, weighs over 114,000 tons, and lies half submerged on the site of a protected reef will be a huge technical and logistical challenge. NOVA Streaming Video

NH EXPLORE - 11.2 Comcast (11/801) More Options

ICONIC AMERICA: OUR SYMBOLS AND STORIES - The Cowboy
Wednesday, 7/24 from 11 AM-12 pm NH EXPLORE
The cowboy is the quintessential American fiercely independent, brave, and laconic. Examine the myths and realities of this archetype, which remains as potent as ever in the 21st century. ICONIC AMERICA Streaming Video

NH WORLD - 11.3 More Options

AMERICAN MASTERS - Floyd Abrams: Speaking Freely
Wednesday, 7/24 from 3-4 pm NH WORLD
Follow the 50-year career of First Amendment lawyer and legal expert Floyd Abrams. See how his landmark cases, from the Pentagon Papers to Citizens United, helped define free speech as it is known today. AMERICAN MASTERS Streaming Video

POV - While We Watched 
Wednesday, 7/24 from 7-8:30 pm NH WORLD
Journalist Ravish Kumar battles a barrage of fake news, falling ratings, and the resulting cutbacks. Are there viewers for fact-based analyses anymore? Will his show survive or become a swan song of reason - drowning out in sensationalism, misinformation, and ratings-driven editorial decisions? POV Streaming Video

Pressroom Contact

Carla Gordon Russell
Director of Communications
crussell@nhpbs.org
(603) 868-4339