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10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America
2006 US documentary television series
2006 US documentary television series
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| genre | Documentary |
| writer | Steven Gillon |
| country | United States |
| language | English |
| num_seasons | 1 |
| num_episodes | 10 |
| runtime | 60 minutes |
| company | History Channel |
| network | History Channel |
| first_aired | |
| last_aired |
10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America is a ten-hour, ten-part television miniseries that aired on the History Channel from April 9 through April 14, 2006. The material was later adapted and published as a book by the same title.
Overview
The ten days featured in the series, in chronological order. The book and television series take different approaches to analyzing these events.
List of episodes
| Episode number | Event | Date of Event |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Mystic Massacre of the Pequot War | May 26, 1637 |
| 2 | Shays' Rebellion in Western Massachusetts led by Daniel Shays | January 25, 1787 |
| 3 | The beginning of the California Gold Rush when people were moving from East to West | January 24, 1848 |
| 4 | The Battle of Antietam during the American Civil War | September 17, 1862 |
| 5 | The Homestead Strike in Homestead, Pennsylvania | July 6, 1892 |
| 6 | The assassination of President William McKinley | September 6, 1901 |
| 7 | The Scopes trial about teaching evolution in the schools of Dayton, Tennessee | July 21, 1925 |
| 8 | Albert Einstein signs a letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt urging him to explore nuclear weapons | July 16, 1939 |
| 9 | Elvis Presley appears on *The Ed Sullivan Show* | September 9, 1956 |
| 10 | Civil rights workers James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner are murdered in Philadelphia, Mississippi | June 21, 1964 |
References
References
- "10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America".
- Gillon, Steven M.. (2006-04-04). "10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America". Crown.
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