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History Daily: The Hillsborough Stadium Disaster
Season 67
April 15, 1989: A crowd crush at a soccer game at Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield, England leads to the deaths of 97 Liverpool fans.
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World War I | The Yanks Are Coming
Season 67 Episode 2
In the spring of 1917 the U.S. moved closer to entering the Great War. German submarines resumed attacks against American ships, and a secret German …
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World War I | Preparedness
Season 67 Episode 1
In June 1914, a gunman assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the heir apparent to the Austro-Hungarian Empire. This event set off a chain reaction t…
2 years, 1 month ago
History Daily: The Hale-Bopp Comet
Season 66
April 1, 1997. The Hale-Bopp Comet reaches the closest point to the sun on its long loop through space, presenting a magnificent spectacle to stargaz…
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Encore: Lewis and Clark I The Long Way Home
Season 66 Episode 3
After 18 months and over two thousand miles, Lewis and Clark’s Corps of Discovery had reached the Pacific Ocean. Now, they would have to find their w…
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Encore: Lewis and Clark I Across the Rockies
Season 66 Episode 2
In the spring of 1805, Lewis and Clark resumed their journey up the Missouri River in search of the Pacific. But to reach the ocean, they would have …
2 years, 2 months ago
History Daily: The Execution of the Last Grand Master of the Knights Templar
Season 66
March 18, 1314. Jacques de Molay, the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar, is burned at the stake.
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2 years, 2 months ago
Encore: Lewis and Clark I Into the Wild
Season 66 Episode 1
In 1803, Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark began a westward journey that would transform America. Their mission was to head up the Missouri…
2 years, 2 months ago
The Underground Railroad | Harriet Tubman’s Goodbye Song
Season 65 Episode 5
In 1849, Harriet Tubman escaped her enslaver in Maryland and freed herself. Over the next several years she took great personal risks, traveling back…
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The Underground Railroad | Journey’s End
Season 65 Episode 4
In December 1850, Harriet Tubman saved three family members from an auction block in a daring rescue in Cambridge, Maryland. It was the start of one …
2 years, 2 months ago