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Episode 1356
March 27, 1912. Japan gifts the United States 3,000 cherry trees, in a gesture of friendship between two nations once at odds. This episode originall…
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Bangladesh Declares Independence
Episode 1355
March 26, 1971. Under the leadership of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, East Pakistan declares its independence to begin the Bangladesh Liberation War.This ep…
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The Abolition of the British Slave Trade
Episode 1354
March 25, 1807. The British Parliament abolishes the slave trade in the British West Indies. This episode originally aired in 2022.
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The John Christie Murders
Episode 1353
March 24, 1953. The discovery of bodies in London leads to the arrest of serial killer John Christie and the terrible revelation that an innocent man…
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The First Passenger Elevator
Episode 1352
March 23, 1857. Elisha Otis installs the first commercial passenger elevator in New York, setting the stage for the modern skyscraper.
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Saturday Matinee: History For The Reckoning
Episode 1351
On today’s Saturday Matinee, famed actor, author, speaker, and activist George Takei takes us through his family's story of being incarcerated during…
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Babe Didrikson’s Hitless Inning
Episode 1350
March 20, 1934. Sportswoman Babe Didrikson pitches a hitless inning in an exhibition match between the Philadelphia A’s and the Brooklyn Dodgers. Thi…
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Discovering the Wreck of the SS Georgiana
Episode 1349
March 19, 1965. The wreck of the Confederate blockade runner SS Georgiana is discovered by a teenage diver exactly 102 years after she sank on her ma…
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The Assassination of King George I of Greece
Episode 1348
March 18, 1913. After a tumultuous 50-year reign, King George I of Greece is shot and killed in Thessaloniki.
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The Fight for the Unification of Italy
Episode 1347
March 17, 1861. After more than 10 years of revolution led by such figures as Giuseppe Garibaldi, a parliament assembled and officially proclaimed th…
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