April 9, 2006 • 1h
Fought near Sharpsburg, Maryland, the Battle of Antietam (Battle of Sharpsburg to Southerners) was the first major battle of the A...Read more
April 9, 2006 • 1h
On May 26, 1637, English settlers and their Indian allies attacked Mystic Fort, home of the Pequot Indians, in Mystic Connecticut ...Read more
April 10, 2006 • 1h
Albert Einstein's letter to FDR urged the development of an unthinkably powerful new weapon. The result, known as the Manhattan Pr...Read more
April 10, 2006 • 1h
Set against the backdrop of the 1901 World's Fair and the dawning of the new century, the assassination of President William McKin...Read more
April 11, 2006 • 1h
Elvis Presley's appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show on September 9, 1956, signified a whole new culture that involved teenage indep...Read more
April 11, 2006 • 1h
On January 24, 1848, a carpenter named James Marshall discovered gold in a California river, assuring in the famous gold rush, whi...Read more
April 12, 2006 • 1h
July 21, 1925 marked the start of the Scopes Monkey Trial. At issue was the Butler Act, which had been passed a few months earlie...Read more
April 12, 2006 • 1h
Harsh working conditions at Carnegie's Homestead steel mill led to a union strike. The battle between management and labor signale...Read more
April 13, 2006 • 1h
In 1964, national attention turned to Mississippi when three Civil Rights workers (two white and one black) were murdered by the K...Read more
April 13, 2006 • 1h
A violent protest against debt collection and taxation practices motivated George Washington to come out of retirement to help str...Read more