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A Secret Mission to Cross the Pacific
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…

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Thanksgiving Reconsidered
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 …

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Defying Gravity and Monarchy
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…

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The Last Battle of the First World War
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…

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Remember, Remember the 5th of November
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 …

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The Haunting Case of H.H. Holmes
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…

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The Bowery Boys: Electric New York
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…

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The Sky Is Falling
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…

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The Night Witches
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 …

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Monopoly Money
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, …

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