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The Titanic’s First and Last Voyage
Season 3
April 10, 1912. As the RMS Titanic pulls away from a crowded port on the south coast of England, it almost crashes. Just in time, it’s able to turn o…
4 years ago
Ethel Rosenberg's Day in Court
Season 3
March 29, 1951. The world is waiting for the jury’s verdict. Ethel and Julius Rosenberg have been accused of spying for the Soviet Union, conspiring …
4 years ago
Shackleton’s Ice Ship Found
Season 3
March 5, 2022. After 107 years, explorer Ernest Shackleton’s ship, the Endurance, has been found two miles under the icy Antarctic waters. Shackleton…
4 years ago
First Antiwar Teach-In
Season 3
March 25, 1965. The US is bombing North Vietnam. On the University of Michigan’s campus, students and professors are gathered for a first-of-its kind…
4 years ago
A Serial Killer Helps Abolish the Death Penalty
Season 3
March 20, 1953. A middle-aged man named John Christie packs up a suitcase and leaves his apartment in Notting Hill, London. No one knows where he’s g…
4 years, 1 month ago
New York Goes Underground
Season 3
March 12, 1888. There’s been a blizzard in New York. Wind, ice, and snow have brought the city to a halt. Stagecoaches are stuck, elevated trains are…
4 years, 1 month ago
Claudette Colvin Doesn’t Give Up Her Seat
Season 3
March 2, 1955. Claudette Colvin and her classmates are let out early from school. They hop on a bus heading toward downtown Montgomery and sit in the…
4 years, 1 month ago
Hitler Stands Trial
Season 3
February 26, 1924. 10 Defendants enter a courtroom in Munich. They are being charged with an attempted coup. They tried to overthrow the government o…
4 years, 1 month ago
The Capitol Attack of 1861 (Replay)
Season 3
Today, we return to a favorite episode from Season 2 in honor of the new three-part documentary, "Abraham Lincoln", premiering on The HISTORY Channel…
4 years, 1 month ago
The Lincoln County War
Season 3
February 18, 1878. A group of men is leading their horses along a New Mexico mountain trail. This is the Wild West, and danger is never that far away…
4 years, 2 months ago