Calendar: Week of August 22
Here’s a look at the week ahead on our “Sunday Morning” Calendar:
On Monday, fans of Bei Bei, the youngest giant panda at
the Smithsonian’s National Zoo, celebrate his first birthday.
- Saving the giant pandas (“Sunday
Morning,” 05/08/16)
Tuesday is UNESCO’s International Day
for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition, marking the beginning
of a slave rebellion in Haiti in 1791.
- International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition, UNESCO (August 23)
- A surprising way to think about slavery (“60 Minutes,” 11/01/2015)
- New slavery records trace Caribbean routes
- DNA analysis traces African slavesback to their roots
- Publisher “deeply sorry” for textbook calling slaves “workers”
- Rescued from sex slavery (“48
Hours,” 07/12/02)
Wednesday kicks off the 21st annual
Air Guitar World Championships in
Finland.
- Air Guitar World Championships, Oulu, Finland
(August 24-26)
- usairguitar.com
Watch the winner of the 2015 Air Guitar World Championship, Kereel “Your Daddy” Blumenkrants of Russia:
Thursday marks the 100th anniversary of the National Park
Service, kicking off a week of free admission system-wide.
- Join our party! Celebrating 100 years
(NPS)
- National Park Service (nps.gov)
- Conor Knighton: On The Trail
(Playlist)
Friday is National Dog Day, a celebration of all breeds, purebred and mixed.
- National Dog Day (August 26)
- Adoptable Dogs in your local shelter
(ASPCA)
- The Dogist photographs Man’s Best Friend (“Sunday Morning,” 10/18/15)
- GALLERY: Pet portraits by The Dogist
- Dogged determination: The legend of Balto (“Sunday Morning,” 03/19/04)
While Saturday sees the 80th
anniversary of the premiere of the movie
“Swing
Time,”
starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers ... and featuring the
Oscar-winning song
”The Way You Look Tonight.”