Nurses - May 6
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Monday, May 6, 2024
Today is Great Lakes Awareness Day, National Beverage Day, National Crepes Suzette Day, National Meeting Planners Appreciation Day, National Nurses Day, National Tourist Appreciation Day, No Homework Day, and Orthodox Easter Monday
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ON THIS DATE
- 1861 - Arkansas secedes from the Union.
- 1863 - The Army of the Potomac is defeated by the Army of Northern Virginia. at the Battle of Chancellorsville.
- 1877 - Chief Crazy Horse or Tasunke Witco of the Oglala Lakota surrenders to United States troops in Nebraska.
- 1882 - Congress passes the Chinese Exclusion Act.
- 1915 - Boston Red Sox pitcher, Babe Ruth, hits his first major league home run.
- 1935 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt issues Executive Order 7034 creating the Works Progress Administration.
- 1937 - The German zeppelin Hindenburg catches fire and is destroyed while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey, killing 36.
- 1940 - John Steinbeck is awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his novel The Grapes of Wrath.
- 1941 - Bob Hope performs his first USO show at California's March Field.
- 1954 - British runner Roger Bannister becomes the first person to run the mile in under four minutes.
- 1960 - 20 million viewers tune in for the wedding of Princess Margaret marries Anthony Armstrong-Jones, the first televised royal wedding.
- 1998 - Steve Jobs of Apple Inc. unveils the first iMac.
- 2004 - The finale of "Friends" airs on NBC.
- 1758 - French politician Maximilien Robespierre
- 1856 - Austrian psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud
- 1856 - Admiral and explorer Robert Peary
- 1895 - Italian actor Rudolph Valentino
- 1915 - Actor, producer, director, and screenwriter Orson Welles
- 1931 - Baseball player Willie Mays
- 1937 - Boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter
- 1945 - Singer-songwriter Bob Seger
- 1955 - First host of NHPBS Granite State Challenge Tom Bergeron
- 1961 - Actor George Clooney
ASIAN AMERICAN & PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH RESOURCE OF THE DAY
American Aloha - Hula Beyond Hawaii
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - People in Your Neighborhood - Nurses and Pilots (2:23) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-1 - Mister Rogers - Nurse Miller’s Check Up (1968) (28:55) - VIEW
- Grades PreK-2 - Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum - How Did Florence Nightingale Help People? (1:30) - VIEW
- Grades 2-6 - NHPBS LearningMedia - A-Z Careers - Nurse Practitioner (4:58) - VIEW and READ
- Grades 6-7 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Real-Life Math - Nurse (4:35) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Physics Girl - Candid Interview with COVID-19 ER Nurse and Epidemiologist (20:41) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Essential Voices - Shelley Sherman: Clinical Nurse Specialist (4:33) - VIEW
- Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Careers in Demand - Doctors and Nurses (3:05) - VIEW
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SCIGIRLS - Terrific Trees
Saturday, 5/6 from 7:30-8 am NHPBS EXPLORE
The majestic big trees of Puerto Rico catch the attention of SciGirls in San Juan. SCIGIRLS Streaming Video in English and Spanish
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INDEPENDENT LENS - Try Harder
Saturday, 5/6 from 8-9 pm NH WORLD
San Francisco's Lowell High, one of the best public schools in the country, draws high achievers from across the city into a fiercely competitive universe. Follow seniors as the pressure to impress admissions officers at elite universities intensifies. INDEPENDENT LENS Streaming Video
UPCOMING EVENT - Saturday, June 1, 2024 - 2024 NH Makers Fest - More Information
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