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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 …
1 year, 5 months ago
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 …
1 year, 5 months ago
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…
1 year, 5 months ago
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…
1 year, 5 months ago
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…
1 year, 5 months ago
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…
1 year, 5 months ago
Wojtek the Bear
Season 1 Episode 3
In 1941, an exiled Polish army would find itself in Iran. There it would adopt an orphaned bear cub who would go on to serve the army as their mascot…
1 year, 5 months ago
Great Emu War
Season 1 Episode 2
In 1932, the Australian army began a military campaign to take on a horde of menacing invaders. These swarms of great beasts threatened the nation’s …
1 year, 5 months ago
Saint Patrick: The Man Behind the Legend
Season 1 Episode 1
Saint Patrick holds the honor of being one of the most celebrated saints in history. But behind all of the celebration, shamrocks and myths, there is…
1 year, 5 months ago
Introducing History Dispatches
Season 1 Episode 1
History Dispatches debuts Monday, March 17. History Dispatches is a daily history show hosted by father and son duo Matt and McKinley Breen. The sho…
1 year, 6 months ago