Episode Details

In New Amsterdam, an important moment in religious tolerance, U.S. President William McKinley signs the declaration of the Spanish-American War, and British politician gives his inflammatory "Rivers of Blood" speech. It is the birthday of Gro Harlem Brundtland, the first woman to become Prime Minister of Norway. And we hear a reading from Brundtland's "Our Common Future, Report of the World Commission on Environment and Development."