Bicycles - April 19

Friday, April 19, 2024

Today is Bicycle Day, Dutch-American Friendship Day, Garlic Day, Poker Day, Rice Ball Day, and Oklahoma City Bombing Commemoration Day.

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Poem of the Day - April is National Poetry Month
Today's Theme: Bicycles
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ON THIS DATE

• 1775 - The Revolutionary War begins with the battles of Lexington and Concord.
• 1897 - The first Boston Marathon is run.
• 1943 -  The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising begins after German troops enter the Warsaw Ghetto.
• 1985 - The Simpsons first appear as a series of shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show.
• 1993 - A 51-day FBI siege of the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas ends when a fire breaks out, killing 76 Davidians.
• 1995 - The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, USA, is bombed, killing 168 and injuring 500.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1806 - Labor leader Sarah Bagley
• 1831 - Magazine editor Mary Louise Booth
• 1903 - Federal law enforcement agent Eliot Ness
• 1978 - Actor James Franco

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Queen - Bicycle Race - LISTEN
• Tom Waits - Broken Bicycles- LISTEN
• Nat King Cole - On a Bicycle Built for Two - LISTEN

POEM OF THE DAY 
Henry Charles Beeching - Going Down Hill on a Bicycle

THEME:  Bicycles

• Grades PreK-1- Sesame Street - Murray Learns to Ride a Bike (4:14) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Learning to Ride a Bike (1:18) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Making music with Bike Instruments (1:35) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1  - Sesame Street - Cookie and Herry  Share a Bike (1:23) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-2 - Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood  - Daniel's New Bike (3:54) - VIEW
• Grades 3-8 - Design Squad - How Do Bike Gears Work? (2:38) - VIEW
• Grades 4-6 - PBS LearningMedia - Dragonfly TV - Mountain Bikes (7:09) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-6 - PBS LearningMedia - Dragonfly TV - Ice Bike (7:56) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 3-8 - NHPBS Video - SCIGirls - Pedal Power (28:25) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12  - NHPBS Video -  Winter Fat Tire Biking (9:10) - VIEW

WATCH

NHPBS - 11.1 Comcast (2/802) More Options

GREAT PERFORMANCES - Now Hear This: Virtuosos
Friday, 4/19 from 9-10 pm NHPBS
Explore the work of two legendary virtuosos, Nicolo Paganini and Robert Johnson, along with stars of today, Augustin Hadelich and Keb Mo. Joined by Cirque du Soleil acrobats, discover the secrets of being a virtuoso. GREAT PERFORMANCES Streaming Video

NEXT AT THE KENNEDY CENTER - Joshua Redman, Where Are We
Friday, 4/19 from 10-11 pm NHPBS
Renowned jazz saxophonist Joshua Redman takes the stage at the Kennedy Center Terrace Theater for a mesmerizing performance of his Blue Note Records debut album, "where are we." Joining forces with soulful vocalist Gabrielle Cavassa, the artists take on music from Rodgers & Hart to Springsteen. NEXT AT THE KENNEDY CENTER Streaming Video

NH WORLD - 11.3 More Options

BENEATH THE POLAR SUN
Friday, 4/19 from 8-9 pm NH WORLD
Five hundred nautical miles from the North Pole, a research team sets out to measure the world's largest and oldest sea ice floes. They know the data, the models, the science. None of that has prepared them for the truth on the ground. BENEATH THE POLAR SUN Streaming Video

FROZEN OBSESSION
Friday, 4/19 from 9-10 pm NH WORLD
FROZEN OBSESSION follows the 2,000-mile Northwest Passage Project expedition through the extreme Canadian Arctic as the NPP team studies water chemistry, microbiology, birds, mammals, and physical oceanography. FROZEN OBSESSION Streaming Video

Pressroom Contact

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