HISTORY This Week
HISTORY
HISTORY This Week
HISTORY
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.
Monday 13 July 2020 : July 16, 1945. It happened within a millionth of a second. In the New Mexico desert in the early morning hours, a group of scientists...
Monday 06 July 2020 : July 10, 1943. 150,000 British and American soldiers storm the beaches of Sicily in the first Allied invasion of Nazi-controlled Europe. But...
Monday 29 June 2020 : June 30th, 1858. London is a world city, a global center of trade and commerce. But there’s something less glamorous going on in...
Monday 22 June 2020 : June 28, 1970. Hundreds of people start to gather on Christopher Street in Manhattan’s West Village for an anniversary celebration. One...
Monday 15 June 2020 : June 21, 1964. James Chaney, Michael Schwerner and Andrew Goodman, three civil rights activists in their early twenties, are reported...
Monday 08 June 2020 : June 9, 1954. Senator Joseph McCarthy has accused the United States Army of having communists within its midst. After rising to power during...
Monday 01 June 2020 : June 1, 1840. U.S. Marshals are going door to door conducting the sixth-ever census in the United States. This year something is different...
Monday 25 May 2020 : May 31, 1889. It’s raining in Johnstown, PA, causing some small flooding. But the townsfolk were used to it – this city of 30,000 was...
Monday 18 May 2020 : May 23, 1701. Captain William Kidd is hanged at Execution Dock in London. His death sentence cements his legacy as one of history’s most...
Monday 11 May 2020 : May 14, 1796. Edward Jenner puts a theory to the test: can contracting one disease save you from another? Jenner goes down in history as the...
Monday 04 May 2020 : May 7, 1824. One of the great musical icons in history, Ludwig Van Beethoven, steps onto stage at the Kärntnertor Theater in Vienna. The...
Monday 27 April 2020 : May 3, 1995. The Hunley has been missing for over 100 years. This Civil War submarine and all eight of her crew disappeared after completing...
Thursday 23 April 2020 : Welcome to Hope, Through History with Jon Meacham. This limited series explores some of the most historic and trying times in American...
Monday 20 April 2020 : April 22, 1970. Nearly 20 million Americans come out in solidarity for one of the largest mass movements of the century. It was called Earth...
Monday 13 April 2020 : April 14, 1970. Apollo 13 is a quarter million miles from Earth, speeding towards the Moon, when a sudden explosion rocks the ship. Against...
Monday 06 April 2020 : April 6, 1924. Four planes rest in the water, preparing for take-off. At 8:30 AM, they pick up speed and hit the air. Eight pilots have...
Monday 30 March 2020 : April 5, 1918. The first mention of a new influenza outbreak in Kansas appears in a public health report. That strain, later called the...
Monday 23 March 2020 : March 28, 1939. Two teams are facing off for the final game of World Professional Basketball Tournament in Chicago, the first professional...
Monday 16 March 2020 : March 19, 1931. Las Vegas is a small, desert town of a few thousand. And it’s not doing so well. In fact, people are worried it might...
Monday 09 March 2020 : The Ides of March, 44 BC. Ancient Rome’s most powerful dictator, Julius Caesar, is running late to a senate meeting. When he arrives,...
Monday 02 March 2020 : March 7th, 1985. “We Are the World” hits the shelves. It's an instant hit, breaking the top of the charts and making music history. This...
Monday 24 February 2020 : February 28, 1953. Two scientists, James Watson and Francis Crick, burst into a bar and exclaim that they have discovered the secret of...
Monday 17 February 2020 : February 21, 1994. Early in the morning, FBI agents assemble near the home of Aldrich Ames. They wait for him to leave his house and then...
Monday 10 February 2020 : February 11, 1940. Hattie McDaniel becomes the first-ever African American to be nominated for, and then win, an Oscar. Her legacy is...
Sunday 02 February 2020 : February 3, 1870. The 15th Amendment is ratified, which establishes the right to vote for black men in America. While Jim Crow laws would...
HISTORY This Week
HISTORY
Destroyer of Worlds
July 16, 1945. It happened within a millionth of a second. In the New Mexico desert in the early morning hours, a group of scientists...
Operation Mincemeat
July 10, 1943. 150,000 British and American soldiers storm the beaches of Sicily in the first Allied invasion of Nazi-controlled Europe. But...
The Great Stink
June 30th, 1858. London is a world city, a global center of trade and commerce. But there’s something less glamorous going on in...
Pride & Protest
June 28, 1970. Hundreds of people start to gather on Christopher Street in Manhattan’s West Village for an anniversary celebration. One...
Freedom Summer, 1964
June 21, 1964. James Chaney, Michael Schwerner and Andrew Goodman, three civil rights activists in their early twenties, are reported...
"Have You No Decency, Sir?"
June 9, 1954. Senator Joseph McCarthy has accused the United States Army of having communists within its midst. After rising to power during...
A Century of Stigma for Black America and Mental Health
June 1, 1840. U.S. Marshals are going door to door conducting the sixth-ever census in the United States. This year something is different...
A Gilded Age Apocalypse
May 31, 1889. It’s raining in Johnstown, PA, causing some small flooding. But the townsfolk were used to it – this city of 30,000 was...
Captain Kidd and the Nazis
May 23, 1701. Captain William Kidd is hanged at Execution Dock in London. His death sentence cements his legacy as one of history’s most...
To Fight a Virus, and Win
May 14, 1796. Edward Jenner puts a theory to the test: can contracting one disease save you from another? Jenner goes down in history as the...
Beethoven's Silent Symphony
May 7, 1824. One of the great musical icons in history, Ludwig Van Beethoven, steps onto stage at the Kärntnertor Theater in Vienna. The...
The Hunt for the Hunley
May 3, 1995. The Hunley has been missing for over 100 years. This Civil War submarine and all eight of her crew disappeared after completing...
Introducing: Hope, Through History
Welcome to Hope, Through History with Jon Meacham. This limited series explores some of the most historic and trying times in American...
When the Environment United Us
April 22, 1970. Nearly 20 million Americans come out in solidarity for one of the largest mass movements of the century. It was called Earth...
"Houston We’ve Had a Problem”
April 14, 1970. Apollo 13 is a quarter million miles from Earth, speeding towards the Moon, when a sudden explosion rocks the ship. Against...
The First Flight Around the World
April 6, 1924. Four planes rest in the water, preparing for take-off. At 8:30 AM, they pick up speed and hit the air. Eight pilots have...
The Deadliest Pandemic in Modern History
April 5, 1918. The first mention of a new influenza outbreak in Kansas appears in a public health report. That strain, later called the...
When Basketball Meets Jim Crow
March 28, 1939. Two teams are facing off for the final game of World Professional Basketball Tournament in Chicago, the first professional...
How Lady Luck Saved Vegas
March 19, 1931. Las Vegas is a small, desert town of a few thousand. And it’s not doing so well. In fact, people are worried it might...
The Real Assassination of Caesar
The Ides of March, 44 BC. Ancient Rome’s most powerful dictator, Julius Caesar, is running late to a senate meeting. When he arrives,...
Lionel, Stevie and Tina Walk into a Studio…
March 7th, 1985. “We Are the World” hits the shelves. It's an instant hit, breaking the top of the charts and making music history. This...
The DNA Debate
February 28, 1953. Two scientists, James Watson and Francis Crick, burst into a bar and exclaim that they have discovered the secret of...
A Mole in the CIA
February 21, 1994. Early in the morning, FBI agents assemble near the home of Aldrich Ames. They wait for him to leave his house and then...
The Legacy of an Oscar
February 11, 1940. Hattie McDaniel becomes the first-ever African American to be nominated for, and then win, an Oscar. Her legacy is...
When Black Men Won the Vote
February 3, 1870. The 15th Amendment is ratified, which establishes the right to vote for black men in America. While Jim Crow laws would...
