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A Secret Mission to Cross the Pacific
Season 2 Episode 49
December 1, 1564. Spanish vessels left a secret port in Mexico about two weeks ago. Their goal: to sail across the Pacific and back, charting a new r…
4 years, 4 months ago
Thanksgiving Reconsidered
Season 2 Episode 48
November 26, 1970. In Plymouth, Massachusetts, on the 350th anniversary of the Pilgrims’ arrival, protestors gather under a statue of Massasoit, the …
4 years, 4 months ago
Defying Gravity and Monarchy
Season 2 Episode 47
November 21, 1783. The garden at the Chateau de la Muette is full of expectant Parisians, looking up at the sky. They’re waiting to watch the first t…
4 years, 4 months ago
The Last Battle of the First World War
Season 2 Episode 46
November 11, 1918. At exactly 11 AM local time, the shooting stops. It’s eerily quiet for the first time in a long time. World War I has finally come…
4 years, 5 months ago
Remember, Remember the 5th of November
Season 2 Episode 45
November 4, 1605. The king's men are conducting a search. They're making their way through the storerooms and cellars and vaults that cluster around …
4 years, 5 months ago
The Haunting Case of H.H. Holmes
Season 2 Episode 44
October 28, 1895. It’s the first day of a murder trial in Philadelphia, and H.H. Holmes has been left to represent himself. His lawyers say they have…
4 years, 5 months ago
The Bowery Boys: Electric New York
Season 2 Episode 43
October 21, 1879. It’s late in the evening and a 32-year-old inventor is in his New Jersey lab, tinkering with a carbon thread. When that young inven…
4 years, 5 months ago
The Sky Is Falling
Season 2 Episode 42
October 11, 1995. Professor Mario Molina is at his desk at MIT when he gets a long distance call from Sweden. It’s the Nobel Committee, telling him h…
4 years, 6 months ago
The Night Witches
Season 2 Episode 41
October 4, 1938. Soviet pilot Marina Raskova beats a world record: the longest continuous flight ever recorded by a woman. She'll soon break another …
4 years, 6 months ago
Monopoly Money
Season 2 Episode 40
October 1, 1904. Show up at a newsstand this morning, and you'll see that the October issue of McClure's magazine has hit the shelves. Alongside it, …
4 years, 6 months ago