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Lionel, Stevie and Tina Walk into a Studio…
Season 1 Episode 9
March 7th, 1985. “We Are the World” hits the shelves. It's an instant hit, breaking the top of the charts and making music history. This one song has the star power of 45 of the biggest singers of th…
Published on 5 years, 8 months ago
The DNA Debate
Season 1 Episode 8
February 28, 1953. Two scientists, James Watson and Francis Crick, burst into a bar and exclaim that they have discovered the secret of life. But there was another person involved in the discovery of…
Published on 5 years, 8 months ago
A Mole in the CIA
Season 1 Episode 7
February 21, 1994. Early in the morning, FBI agents assemble near the home of Aldrich Ames. They wait for him to leave his house and then they pounce, arresting one of the deadliest double agents in …
Published on 5 years, 8 months ago
The Legacy of an Oscar
Season 1 Episode 6
February 11, 1940. Hattie McDaniel becomes the first-ever African American to be nominated for, and then win, an Oscar. Her legacy is complicated. And the Oscar itself has been missing, mysteriously,…
Published on 5 years, 8 months ago
When Black Men Won the Vote
Season 1 Episode 5
February 3, 1870. The 15th Amendment is ratified, which establishes the right to vote for black men in America. While Jim Crow laws would grip the south by 1877, there was a brief, seven-year window …
Published on 5 years, 9 months ago
Surviving Auschwitz
Season 1 Episode 4
January 27, 1945. This week, we commemorate the 75th Anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, one of Nazi Germany's largest concentration and extermination camps. Auschwitz has since become a symb…
Published on 5 years, 9 months ago
The Apple Ad That Changed the World
Season 1 Episode 3
January 22, 1984. Apple launches the first Macintosh computer, with a showstopping Super Bowl commercial. The ad itself was revolutionary, but the product it launched almost single-handedly brought c…
Published on 5 years, 9 months ago
The Great Boston Molasses Flood
Season 1 Episode 2
January 15, 1919. Boston PD receives a call: “Send all available rescue personnel...there's a wave of molasses coming down Commercial Street." The bizarre flood decimated Boston's North End. How did …
Published on 5 years, 9 months ago
Warning: The Surgeon General Has Determined...
Season 1 Episode 1
January 11th, 1964. The US Surgeon General announces: smoking is killing us. It’s an announcement that changed the course of American public health – and took years to finally come out. But it was on…
Published on 5 years, 9 months ago
Introducing: HISTORY This Week
Season 1
This week, something momentous happened. Whether or not it made the textbooks, it most certainly made history. Join HISTORY This Week as we turn back the clock to meet the people, visit the places an…
Published on 5 years, 10 months ago