TODAY IN HISTORY
On March 1, 1781, the Continental Congress declared the Articles of Confederation to be in force, following ratification by Maryland.
In 1893, inventor Nikola
Tesla first publicly demonstrated radio by transmitting electromagnetic energy without wires.
In 1954, the U.S. detonated a dry-fuel hydrogen bomb, codenamed Castle Bravo, at Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands.
In 1957, “The Cat in the Hat” by Dr. Seuss was released to bookstores by Random House.
In 1961, President John F. Kennedy signed an executive order establishing the Peace Corps.
In 1966, the Soviet space probe Venera 3 impacted the surface of Venus, becoming the first spacecraft to reach another planet.
In 2010, Jay Leno returned as host of NBC’s “The Tonight Show.”
MONDAY
THE VOICE The Emmy-winning musical competition series returns for Season 20, which also marks the 10th anniversary of the show. Pop music superstar Nick Jonas reclaims his red judge’s chair on the panel, along with returnees John Legend, Kelly Clarkson and Blake Shelton. Carson Daly also is back as host. (TVPG) 8 p.m. on 4 NBC 8 NBC 11 NBC
BEARTOWN In the new “Episode 2,” Peter does everything he can think of to coach his juniors to a semi-final victory, with the financial future of the arena at stake. Feeling under pressure from virtually everyone in town to pull out a win, Kevin turns for support to Maya, the only person who expects nothing from him. (TVMA) 9 p.m. on HBO
“RUTH: JUSTICE GINSBURG IN HER OWN WORDS” In this critically acclaimed new documentary, Oscar-winning filmmaker Freida Lee Mock chronicles the remarkable life and career of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who was deemed virtually unhireable at the start of her career because she was a woman, even though she had graduated top of her class from both Harvard and Columbia Law Schools. 9 p.m. on STARZ
DEBRIS After an alien spacecraft is destroyed above Earth, its wreckage plummets and scatters across the Western Hemisphere in this new sci-fi drama. Worse, it soon becomes apparent that this extraterrestrial debris has the power to mess with several known laws of physics, affecting human lives in unpredictable ways. Two agents — Bryan Beneventi (Jonathan Tucker) from the FBI and British MI6 operative Finola Jones (Riann Steele) — are tasked with retrieving this unpredictable space trash. (TV14) 10:01 p.m.