Buzzards and Vultures - March 15
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Friday, March 15, 2024
Today is Buzzards Day, the Ides of March, Day Against Police Brutality, Day to Combat Islamophobia, Peanut Lovers Day, Preschool Teachers Appreciation Day, and World Sleep Day.
Women's History Month Resource of the Day: PBS NewsHour: Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Buzzards and Vultures
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ON THIS DATE
- 44 BC - Julius Caesar is assassinated.
- 1820 - Maine becomes the 23rd state.
- 1916 - President Woodrow Wilson sends 4,800 United States troops over the U.S.–Mexico border to pursue Pancho Villa.
- 1917 - Tsar Nicholas II of Russia abdicates the Russian throne
- 1965 - President Johnson called for legislation to guarantee every American's right to vote.
- 1990 - Mikhail Gorbachev is elected as the first President of the Soviet Union
- 2011 - Beginning of the Syrian Civil War.
- 2019 - 1.4 million young people in 123 countries go on strike to protest climate change
- 1767 - 7th President of the United States Andrew Jackson
- 1887 - Businessperson Marjorie Merriweather Post
- 1921 - Television writer Madelyn Pugh
- 1933 - Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- 1963 - Singer-songwriter Bret Michaels
- 1970 - Baseball player Kevin Youkilis
- Grades K-12 - San Diego Zoo Safari Park - Condor Cam - VIEW
- Grades 4-12 - NHPBS NatureWorks - Decomposers and Scavengers (14:46) - VIEW
- Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Wildlife Journal Junior - Turkey Vulture - READ
- Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Wildlife Journal Junior - Black Vulture - READ
- Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Wildlife Journal Junior - Cathartidae - New World Vultures - READ
- Grades 5-12 - PBS Learning Media - Untamed - Vultures (26:44) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 5-12 - PBS LearningMedia - EARTH A New Wild -Vultures: India's Clean-Up Crew (4:40) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Gross Science - Why Don’t Vultures Get Food Poisoning? (2:20) - VIEW and DO
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GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE MET- Dead Man Walking
Friday, 3/15 from 9 pm - 12 am NHPBS
Based on Sister Helen Prejea's memoir about her fight for the soul of a condemned murderer, Dead Man Walking matches the high drama of its subject with Heggie's beautiful and poignant music and a brilliant libretto by Terrence McNally. GREAT PERFORMANCES Streaming Video
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BELLA
Friday, 3/15 from 7-8;30 pm NH WORLD
A film about the life, work, influences, and impact of California-based choreographer Bella Lewitzky. Throughout her 70-year career, Lewitzky pursued artistic freedom and spoke out about government and institutional restrictions in the arts. BELLA Streaming Video
AMERICAN MASTERS: Twyla Moves
Friday, 3/15 from 8:30-10 pm NH WORLD
Explore legendary choreographer Twyla Tharp's career and famously rigorous creative process, with original interviews, first-hand glimpses of her at work, and rare archival footage of select performances from her more than 160 choreographed works. AMERICAN MASTERS Streaming Video
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