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September 17, 2023
SDG Acceleration Day
United Nations
https://www.un.org/en/conferences/SDGSummit2023/SDG-Action-Weekend
https://hlpf.un.org/sites/default/files/2023-09/SDG%20Action%20Weekend%20Draft%20Programme_2.pdf
September 17, 2023
SDG Digital Day
International Telecommunication Union (ITU) of the United Nations, and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
https://www.itu.int/initiatives/sdg-digital-day/
September 17, 2023
World Patient Safety Day
World Health Organization of the United Nations (WHO)
https://www.who.int/campaigns/world-patient-safety-day/
September 17, 2023
12:00 AM EDT
Reel America: "Airports Mean Business" - 1972. This 1972 video from the Department of Transportation explained how economic development may be linked to community airports. Reel America is an American History TV series featuring 20th century archival films produced mostly by government agencies.
American History/BookTV
https://www.c-span.org/video/?530248-1/airports-business
September 17, 2023
12:30 AM EDT
The Presidency: The White House & Television. The White House Historical Association and the Library of Congress hosted a discussion on how television portrays the White House. This was part of a day-long symposium on the White House in popular culture.
American History/BookTV
https://www.c-span.org/video/?527894-3/white-house-television
September 17, 2023
1:30 AM EDT
Reel America: "Excavation of the Donner Party Site" - 1994. This 1994 U.S. Forest Service film showed an excavation of a site believed to be a Donner Party campsite. The Donner pioneers were migrating to California in a wagon train from the Midwest in the mid-1840s when they were stuck in a surprise October snowstorm in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Reel America is an American History TV series featuring 20th century archival films produced mostly by government agencies.
American History/BookTV
https://www.c-span.org/video/?530249-1/excavation-donner-party-site
September 17, 2023
2:00 AM EDT
The Civil War: Opium Use in the Civil War Era. Virginia Military Institute professor Jonathan Jones talked about how opium and morphine -- common treatments used for wartime injuries -- grew into lifelong drug dependence for many in the Shenandoah Valley. This talk was part of a conference hosted by Shenandoah University's Civil War Institute.
American History/BookTV
https://www.c-span.org/video/?527271-4/opium-civil-war-era-shenandoah-valley
September 17, 2023
3:10 AM EDT
Groundbreaking Women in Science & Journalism. Biographers Allison Gilbert and Kate Zernike talked about the subjects of their books, columnist Elsie Robinson and scientist Nancy Hopkins. Elsie Robinson was a nationally syndicated columnist in the 1920s and Nancy Hopkins was a cancer researcher at MIT who fought for equality for women in science. This program was hosted by the Coffee House Club at the Salmagundi Club in New York City.
American History/BookTV
https://www.c-span.org/video/?526844-1/columnist-elsie-robinson-scientist-nancy-hopkins
September 17, 2023
4:15 AM EDT
John Charles Thomas, "The Poetic Justice". John Charles Thomas talked about his time on the Virginia Supreme Court as the first Black person to hold that office. He took office in 1983. James Monroe's Highland and the Virginia Festival of the Book co-hosted this event.
American History/BookTV
https://www.c-span.org/video/?526894-1/the-poetic-justice
September 17, 2023
4:33 AM EDT
Campaign 2024: Republican Presidential Candidates Speak at Iowa Faith & Freedom Coalition Event
2024 Republican presidential candidates including Gov. Ron DeSantis (FL), Nikki Haley, Sen. Tim Scott (SC), and former Vice President Mike Pence are among those speaking at an event hosted by the Iowa Faith & Freedom Caucus.
https://www.c-span.org/video/?530439-1/republican-presidential-candidates-speak-iowa-faith-freedom-coalition-event
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