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Candles Against the Darkness | Prime Minister Marin | The Historymakers
TV Flash files “Candles Against the Darkness | Prime Minister Marin | The Historymakers” as hour 661 of 767 in the TV Flash guide — 60 Minutes (1968–present) on CBS, season 55, episode 19, aired 2023-02-19, 60 min.
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This leaf is S55E19: listed hour 661 of 767 in the 60 Minutes guide, hour 19 of 31 in season 55. It aired 2023-02-19 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The IMF Report | Investigating Donald Trump | Red Hot Chili Peppers” (S55E18). Next is “Kherson Under Fire | The Girls of Sola” (S55E20). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
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Candles Against the Darkness – Last week, Russia launched its 14th attack on Ukraine's energy grid. Scott Pelley reports from Ukraine on how the population is surviving these assaults and living without light, heat, and water. As the war touches every Ukrainian home with blackouts across the country, its people remain resilient, defiant, and united. Prime Minister Marin – Following the invasion of Ukraine, Finland, which shares a border with Russia, announced it would apply for NATO membership – ending seven decades of Finnish military neutrality. Sharyn Alfonsi profiles the prime minister of Finland, Sanna Marin, who called for her country to join the alliance, at the prime minister's official residence in Helsinki. The Historymakers – The achievements of historically significant Black Americans are at risk of going unpreserved as important figures die without documenting their stories for future generations. Bill Whitaker explores how one organization tries to prevent that by creating an expansive digital archive of first-person accounts of the Black experience.
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Where does Candles Against the Darkness | Prime Minister Marin | The Historymakers sit in the 60 Minutes guide?
S55E19 is listed hour 661 of 767 — hour 19 of 31 in season 55, season 55 episode 19.
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Candles Against the Darkness | Prime Minister Marin | The Historymakers aired 2023-02-19 and is listed at 60 minutes.
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Also in season 55
- S55E01 President Biden | Ebrahim Raisi
- S55E02 Secretary of State Blinken | Inside the Committee | Rescuing Reefs
- S55E03 Olena Zelenska | What Happened at Grizzly Flats | Captain Kolisi
- S55E04 Taiwan | After Ian | Church and State
- S55E05 The Lost Souls Of Bucha | The Power Of Grimsby | Coach Prime
- S55E06 Dominion | American Prairie | Ina Garten