Calendar: Week of April 3
Here’s a look at the week ahead on our “Sunday Morning” Calendar:
Monday evening brings the NCAA Men’s Basketball National Championship Game, right here on CBS.
- Men’s Final Four Championship Game (ncaa.com)
- March Madness (ncaa.com)
- College basketball at cbssports.com
Tuesday is National Healthy Schools Day, raising awareness about the need for healthy learning environments in America’s 130,000 public and private K-through-12 schools.
- National Healthy Schools Day, April 4 | Plan activity
- Activities Map Across U.S. (Google Maps)
On Wednesday, “Star Trek” fans celebrate (in advance) “First Contact Day - April 5th, 2063,” when Earth supposedly makes its first contact with the Vulcans. Just 46 years to go!
- startrek.com
- Vulcan, from the Memory Alpha Wiki
A Vulcan ship lands on Earth for the first time in “Star Trek: First Contact” (1996):
Thursday marks the 100th anniversary of the U.S. Declaration of War against Germany, the declaration that plunged America into World War I.
- The “War to End All Wars,” 100 years later (“Sunday Morning,” 09/07/14)
- The assassination that sparked World War I (“CBS This Morning,” 06/28/14)
- The World War I Christmas truce (“Sunday Morning,” 12/21/14)
- World War I: A timeline
- Gallery: World War I re-enactors
- Gallery: WWI images found in antique camera
- Gallery: The Lusitania disaster
On Friday, legendary father-and-son filmmakers Carl and Rob Reiner will be honored with a hand- and footprint ceremony outside Hollywood’s TCL Chinese Theater.
- Carl Reiner: Still making us laugh (“Sunday Morning,” 08/02/15)
- Rob Reiner’s quest for simple perfection (“Sunday Morning,” 08/15/10)
- Carl Reiner: “My Anecdotal Life” (06/12/03)
- Carl Reiner: Just for laughs (“Sunday Morning,” 10/29/00)
And Saturday morning sees the 2017 National Cherry Blossom Festival Parade in Washington, D.C.
- National Cherry Blossom Festival Parade, April 8 ay 10 a.m., Washington, D.C. | Tickets | Group Tickets
- National Cherry Blossom Festival
- 2017 Peak Bloom Forecasts (cherryblossomwatch.com)
- Late winter storm causes widespread damage to D.C.’s cherry blossoms (03/15/17)