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History.com: 9 Greatest Unsolved Mysteries of Ancient History
In this video [9:21] focuses on nine of the greatest unsolved mysteries of ancient history. Some mysteries we may never find the answer to, but some are begging to be solved! From secret sunken cities to unknown texts, discover the nine...
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History.com: America 101: What Is a Contested Election?
In this video [1:23] you will learn more about the history of contested elections.
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History.com: What Killed Cleopatra?
This video [2:34] discusses what killed Cleopatra. Legend has it that Cleopatra took her own life by succumbing willingly to the bite of a cobra. If this story is true, was suicide by snake venom an easy way to go, or did the last...
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History.com: History This Week: Jesse Owens Takes Germany
August 1, 1936. The opening ceremony of the Olympic Games. Adolf Hitler enters the stadium to a militaristic Wagner march. Swastikas flutter everywhere on the flag of the Nazi Party. When these moments are remembered later, one athlete's...
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History.com: History This Week: The Road Less Traveled
August 2, 1915. The poem appears in print for the first time this week, from Kentucky to Pennsylvania to Vermont. Every reader is transported to that same leafy path: "two roads diverged in a yellow wood." The Road Not Taken by Robert...
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History.com: History This Week: Pop Music Pirates
August 14, 1967. Off the coast of England, a group of pirate ships has been fighting to stay afloat. These are pirates of a particular kind-less sword fighting and treasure hunting, more spinning records and dancing late into the night....
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History.com: History This Week: The True Winnie the Pooh
August 24, 1914. A train pulls up to the lumber town of White River, Ontario, carrying a regiment of Canadian troops on board. On the tracks where they disembark is a small black bear cub. An army veterinarian decides to buy the bear and...
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History.com: History This Week: Shaving Russia
History repeats itself this week with an episode from the HISTORY This Week archives: Sept 5, 1698. Tsar Peter the Great of Russia returns home from a year-long European tour. When noblemen, religious figures and friends gather to...
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History.com: History This Week: The Man Who Stole the Mona Lisa
August 21, 1911. On a Monday morning, a department store employee on a Paris street sees a man hurrying by. He carries a white-wrapped package and, as the employee watches, he throws something small and shiny over his shoulder...it's a...
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History.com: History Vault: Cultural Docummentaries
Discover the artists, athletes, architects and more who changed the culture and the world with this collection of 25 cultural documentaries including The Great Ziegfield, The Untold Story of the '90s and Bob Fosse: Dancing On The Edge.
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History.com: Boneyard: Hurricane Katrina
This video is a full Boneyard episode (44:00) about Hurricane Katrina. New Orleans is famous for Mardi Gras, spicy food, jazz and cemeteries. But in 2005, Hurricane Katrina transformed the face of the city forever. 1,500 people died, and...
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History.com: What Is the Aclu?
In this video [4:30] learn about what the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) stands for, its history and founders, and some of the biggest cases it has represented. Dive into the Scopes Monkey Trial, Brown v. Board of Education and...
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History.com: Charlie Chaplin Leaves the u.s.
Suspected of communist activity, famous film actor Charlie Chaplin fled the U.S. for his London home in 1952. Listen to a brief broadcast announcing this news. [39 secs]
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History.com: George Edward Pickett
The History Channel provides a very brief biography of George Edward Pickett, highlighting his role in the Battle of Gettysburg. From Funk and Wagnall's Encyclopedia. [2:53]
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History.com: Drawn History: What Is Domino Theory?
Domino Theory, which governed much of U.S. foreign policy beginning in the early 1950s, held that a Communist victory in one nation would quickly lead to a chain reaction of Communist takeovers in neighboring states. [0:58]
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History.com: Henry Ford
Although Ford is an important figure in the history of America, he is also a controversial one. Review his accomplishments as well as his altercations. [3:18]
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History.com: Memorial Day
Explore the history of Memorial Day with this collection of photographs and video.
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History.com: Dust Bowl
A video clip featuring the agricultural phenomenon that became known as the Dust Bowl. Shows the massive dust clouds that began in the Great Plains and reached clear across the United States to New York, causing millions of people to...
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History.com: Desert One: Preview of the Documentary
This is a preview of Desert One, a documentary about the 1979 Iranian Revolution and the Iran Hostage Crisis. (Video 2:29)