10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America Season 1

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1x01 Sept 17, 1862 – Antietam aired Apr 09, 2006

Fought near Sharpsburg, Maryland, the Battle of Antietam (Battle of Sharpsburg to Southerners) was the first major battle of the American Civil War to take p... read more

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1x02 May 26, 1637 – Massacre at Mystic aired Apr 09, 2006

On May 26, 1637, English settlers and their Indian allies attacked Mystic Fort, home of the Pequot Indians, in Mystic Connecticut would change the relationsh... read more

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1x03 July 16, 1939 – Einstein's Letter aired Apr 10, 2006

On July 16, 1939, at the insistence of Le� Szil�rd and Eugene Wigner, legendary physicist Albert Einstein signed a letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt,... read more

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1x04 Sept 6, 1901 – Murder at the Fair: The Assassination of President McKinley aired Apr 10, 2006

While attending the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York, President William McKinley was assassinated by Leon Czolgosz on September 6, 1901. Althoug... read more

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1x05 Sept 9, 1956 – When America Was Rocked aired Apr 11, 2006

Elvis Presley's appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show on September 09, 1956 signified a whole new culture that involved teenage independence, sexuality, race re... read more

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1x06 Jan 24, 1848 – Gold Rush aired Apr 11, 2006

On January 24, 1848, a carpenter named James Marshall discovered gold in a California river, assuring in the famous gold rush, which would propel the creatio... read more

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1x07 July 21, 1925 – Scopes: The Battle Over America's Soul aired Apr 12, 2006

July 21, 1925 marked the start of the Scopes Monkey Trial. At issue was the Butler Act, which had been passed a few months earlier by the Tennessee General ... read more

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1x08 July 6, 1892 – The Homestead Strike aired Apr 12, 2006

On July 6, 1892, the union working at Carnegie Steel Company went on strike due to pay cuts and poor working wages. Just before the strike, Andrew Carnegie ... read more

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1x09 June 21, 1964 – Freedom Summer aired Apr 13, 2006

The murders of three civil rights workers, part of the Freedom Summer Project, on June 21, 1964 by members of the Ku Klux Klan, spurred Congress to pass the ... read more

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1x10 Jan 25, 1787 – Shays' Rebellion: America's First Civil War aired Apr 13, 2006

With the American Revolution over, the farmers of Massachusetts were upset about growing debt and increasing taxes. Failure to repay debt often resulted in ... read more

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