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Video Game Crash of 1983
Season 1 Episode 13
In the 1980s, the United States video game industry was in a golden age. Arcades and home consoles were making billions of dollars and the market was…
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The Opium Wars
Season 1 Episode 12
In the mid-1800s, Great Britain fought two wars against China. The reason was not to conquer territory. Or get gain valuable resources. No, this was …
1 year ago
Henry Avery and the Greatest Pirate Raid in History
Season 1 Episode 11
On September 7, 1695, English pirate Henry Avery led one of the most daring pirate attacks - and most lucrative - in history. And to top it all off -…
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Alexander Selkirk - the Real Robinson Crusoe
Season 1 Episode 10
In 1719, Daniel Defoe published the book, “The LIfe and Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe.” The story is about a sailor who is stranded on an …
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Library of Alexandria
Season 1 Episode 9
More than 2,000 years ago, in Alexandria Egypt, Ptolemy II had a dream - to establish the greatest library the world had known. What emerged was one …
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Drake's Brass Plate - Relic or Hoax?
Season 1 Episode 8
In 1933, a small brass plate was discovered near San Francisco - not far from where famed English privateer Francis Drake had supposedly landed back …
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Rosa Parks
Season 1 Episode 7
On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks would have enough. Sitting on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, she was told to give up her seat. She said no. Sick and t…
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The Head of Oliver Cromwell
Season 1 Episode 6
On January 30, 1661, Oliver Cromwell, one time Lord Protector and ruler of the English Commonwealth, was hanged for treason. After being cut down, hi…
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The Dancing Plague of 1518
Season 1 Episode 5
In the boiling summer of 1518 in Strasbourg, France, one women started to dance in the street. But this was no ordinary dance. She continued until he…
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Junko Tabei - the First Woman to Summit Mount Everest
Season 1 Episode 4
On May 16, 1975, Japanese mountaineer Junko Tabei reached the summit of Mount Everest - and in the process became the first woman to ever climb the h…
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