This week, something momentous happened. Whether or not it made the textbooks, it most certainly made history. Join HISTORY This Week as we turn back the clock to meet the people, visit the places and witness the moments that led us to where we are today.
June 28, 1928. Louis Armstrong is in the studio recording what he hopes will be another hit. His career...
EscucharJune 22, 1611. It’s been a long, cold winter. Henry Hudson and his crew have been stranded in the...
EscucharJune 9, 1954. Senator Joseph McCarthy has accused the United States Army of having communists within...
EscucharJune 14, 1938. It’s 8:30 PM at Lake Worth Casino in Fort Worth, Texas. All eyes are on a huge high-dive...
EscucharJune 4, 1941. Reinhard Heydrich transmits a message to all regional governors in the Third Reich: prepare...
EscucharMay 30, 1855. Five thousand Native Americans come to Walla Walla to negotiate a treaty. However, it’s...
EscucharMay 22, 1856. Charles Sumner isn’t worried about making friends in the Senate. His rhetoric is inflammatory,...
EscucharMay 16, 1920. Tens of thousands of people surround St. Peter’s Basilica to honor Joan of Arc, a French...
EscucharMay 15, 1940. It’s opening day. San Bernardino, California is a city on the rise, and to meet this...
EscucharMay 5, 1862. The French have landed in Mexico. Napoleon III wants to conquer the country and assert...
EscucharApril 27, 1951. The United States has been putting pressure on Denmark for a long time. Because the...
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EscucharApril 27, 1856. In Beijing’s Forbidden City, one of the emperor’s consorts, a woman named Cixi,...
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EscucharApril 14, 1970. Apollo 13 is a quarter million miles from Earth, speeding towards the Moon, when a sudden...
EscucharApril 10, 1912. As the RMS Titanic pulls away from a crowded port on the south coast of England, it...
EscucharApril 3, 1974. Across America, many people wake up this morning thinking it will be a normal day. But...
EscucharMarch 29, 1951. The world is waiting for the jury’s verdict. Ethel and Julius Rosenberg have been...
EscucharMarch 20, 1703. Today, almost fifty men, scattered around the city of Edo, Japan, are waiting to die....
EscucharMarch 14, 1991. The Birmingham Six have been in prison for 16 years. Each of these six Irishmen was...
EscucharCollege holds a mythic place in American culture, but behind the polished campus tours and glossy brochures...
EscucharMarch 3rd, 1907. Dr. Sigmund Freud invites a guest into his office, Dr. Carl Jung. This is a meeting...
EscucharFebruary 26, 1924. 10 Defendants enter a courtroom in Munich. They are being charged with an attempted...
EscucharFebruary 24, 1893. Most homes don't have electricity. And yet, one of the technology's pioneers, Nikola...
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