Margarete Gertrud Zelle, known by her alias, Mata Hari, is one of the most infamous spies of the 20th century. On this day in 1917, the seductive spy was executed for espionage and treason by a French firing squad outside of Paris. Read more about Mata Hari on NOVA. Find out more on “Spycatchers.”
Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl was born in 1963, in Princeton, NJ. In early 2002, just four months after 9/11, he was kidnapped and murdered by terrorists in Pakistan. …
‘Over Here’ is a half-hour documentary made by NYC teenagers about the WWII homefront, as seen through the eyes of New Yorkers who were themselves teenagers during the war. It …
The fire started on Sunday, October 8, 1871, in the Chicago barn of Patrick and Catherine O’Leary, and burned through early Tuesday, October 10, 1871. The blaze killed hundreds of …
On October 7, 2003, actor Arnold Schwarzenegger was elected as the governor of California. Roger Rosenblatt called it a “victory for the outsider,” “politics as unusual,” “a breath of fresh air” on NewsHour. As governor, Schwarzenegger surprised voters when he prioritized the issues of greenhouse gases and smog.
On Oct. 6, 1927, talking pictures arrived with “The Jazz Singer,” a movie starring Al Jolson that featured both silent and sound-synchronized scenes. Jolson was the first openly Jewish man …
For some veterans it takes years before they choose to speak about their war experiences. And some veterans never do. What happens when veterans finally share their stories? How does it feel to be heard? And how are we, as listeners, affected?
In 1910, an American doctor named Hawley Crippen was convicted in England of poisoning and dismembering his wife. The vicious murder—and execution—made international headlines. Almost one hundred years later, investigators re-opened the files. Watch episode….
Critical Condition puts a human face on the nation’s growing health care crisis by capturing the harrowing struggles of four critically ill Americans who discover that being uninsured can cost them their jobs, health, home, savings, and even their lives. Watch documentary now.
On October 1, 2000, one of the most notorious gangsters of the 20th century, Reginald “Reggie” Kray, died in his sleep, at the age of 66.
