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This week, something big happened. You might have never heard of it, but this moment changed the cou

Episodes

Total: 225

First Antiwar Teach-In

2022/3/21

March 25, 1965. The US is bombing North Vietnam. On the University of Michigan’s campus, students an

March 20, 1953. A middle-aged man named John Christie packs up a suitcase and leaves his apartment i

March 12, 1888. There’s been a blizzard in New York. Wind, ice, and snow have brought the city to a

March 2, 1955. Claudette Colvin and her classmates are let out early from school. They hop on a bus

Hitler Stands Trial

2022/2/21

February 26, 1924. 10 Defendants enter a courtroom in Munich. They are being charged with an attempt

Today, we return to a favorite episode from Season 2 in honor of the new three-part documentary, "Ab

The Lincoln County War

2022/2/14

February 18, 1878. A group of men is leading their horses along a New Mexico mountain trail. This is

Black Baseball Goes Pro

2022/2/7

Feb 13, 1920. For over thirty years, Black baseball players have been locked out of the major league

February 4, 1955. In a New York courtroom, the Comics Czar takes the stand. He’s in charge of enforc

History repeats itself this week with an episode from the HISTORY This Week archives: January 27, 19

History repeats itself this week with an episode from the HISTORY This Week archives: January 22, 19

History repeats itself this week with an episode from the HISTORY This Week archives: January 15, 19

History repeats itself this week with an episode from the HISTORY This Week archives: January 8, 196

Best Stories of 2021

2021/12/27

In this year-end episode, Sally interviews the rest of the HISTORY This Week team about their favori

December 24, 1906. It’s Christmas Eve, but inventor Reginald Fessenden is working. Tonight, instead

(EPISODE 100!) December 15, 1979. Two Canadian journalists are hanging out, drinking a beer, when th

December 11, 1862. Union Army engineers are urgently constructing a bridge, one that will carry sold

December 1, 1564. Spanish vessels left a secret port in Mexico about two weeks ago. Their goal: to s

Thanksgiving Reconsidered

2021/11/22

November 26, 1970. In Plymouth, Massachusetts, on the 350th anniversary of the Pilgrims’ arrival, pr

November 21, 1783. The garden at the Chateau de la Muette is full of expectant Parisians, looking up