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Remember the Maine!
Season 1 Episode 122
On Jan. 25, 1898, the American armored Cruiser the USS Maine sailed into Havana harbor. Three weeks later, an explosion ripped through the vessel - k…
1 year ago
504 protest
Season 1 Episode 121
In April of 1978 over one hundred disability rights advocates occupied a federal building in San Francisco. Their goal was to force the Carter admini…
1 year ago
The Great Zimbabwe
Season 1 Episode 120
In southern Africa - in the nation of Zimbabwe - an unlikely sight appears in the south-eastern hills near Masvingo. It is the ruins of what was once…
1 year ago
The Battle Over Parker Dam
Season 1 Episode 119
On August 25, 1934, the Governor of Arizona, Benjamin Moeur, declared martial law, dispatching over 100 national guard troops to the site of an invas…
1 year ago
Discovery of the Venus de Milo
Season 1 Episode 118
On April 8, 1820, on the Greek island of Milos, a farmer, Theodoros Kendrotas, uncovered the upper part of a marble statue while working in his field…
1 year ago
The History of Pad Thai
Season 1 Episode 117
Pad Thai is one of the tastiest most iconic dishes of Thailand. And yet, it has a history that is less than a century old, and it involves floods, a …
1 year ago
Battle of Adwa
Season 1 Episode 116
On March 1, 1896, near the town of Adwa, Ethiopia, the forces of the Kingdom of Italy - attempting to expand its colonial empire in the Horn of Afric…
1 year ago
Mountain Meadows Massacre
Season 1 Episode 115
In September of 1857 over 100 members of a wagon train were on their way to California. While in Utah they were ambushed and besieged by a combined f…
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CIA Attempts to Assassinate Fidel Castro
Season 1 Episode 114
In 1959, rebels led by Fidel Castro took control of Cuba. Having a communist power just 90 miles from the border made American officials nervous. Ver…
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Battle of Bunker Hill
Season 1 Episode 113
Following the start of the American Revolution at the Battle of Lexington and Concord, the colonists took up arms, besieging the British army in Bost…
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