Wednesday,
November
19
, 2008
10
:05
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President-elect Barack Obama is beginning to create his cabinet and assess roles within the upcoming administration.
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October 2nd, 2008 at 9:32 am
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….
October 1st, 2008 at 2:57 pm
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.
October 1st, 2008 at 10:26 am
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.
September 30th, 2008 at 10:47 am
Upcoming documentary The Bungalows of Rockaway, delves into the rich history of the bungalows on the Rockaway Peninsula in Queens, NY, over the past 100 years. Co-producers Jennifer …
September 26th, 2008 at 8:53 am
This is your chance to ask documentarian Ken Burns about his career, his documentaries, and plans for the future. PBS Engage will ask Ken Burns 5 questions from the ones …
September 24th, 2008 at 9:21 am
On September 24, 1789, the Judiciary Act is passed by Congress and signed by President George Washington, establishing the first Supreme Court of the United States. President Washington nominated John Jay as chief justice, and 5 associate justices. Watch video from the 2007 PBS series, The Supreme Court.
September 23rd, 2008 at 1:31 pm
History Detectives meets with U.S. Army archivists and historians to find out if a recording for a soldier musical called “Hi Yank” was connected to the American war effort. Could the disk be a piece of forgotten history? Listen to the full recording of the Hi Yank soldier musical. (Originally aired: Season 6, Episode 10).
September 20th, 2008 at 5:51 pm
When brothers Armando and Carlos Peña set off to carry their mother’s ashes to south Texas, their road trip turns into a quest for answers about their family’s strangely veiled past. The entire documentary, originally aired 9/16 on Thirteen, is watchable online through 9/23.
September 19th, 2008 at 10:53 am
Nicknamed ‘Otzi’, the mummy of a person who lived during Europe’s Copper Age was discovered by hikers in the South Tyrolean Alps in Italy in 1991. He was killed around 3300 B.C., and his discovery gave an unprecedented view into what life was like in that era.
September 18th, 2008 at 11:32 am
In 1985, one of the greatest treasure discoveries was made off the Florida Keys, when the wreck of the Spanish ship Atocha was found. History Detectives translates 300-year-old documents from the archives of the Spanish treasury in Seville to crack a unique code of communication among ship captains of that era. Watch. (Originally aired: Season 5, Episode 4).
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Wednesday,
November
19
, 2008
07
:02
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Just two days after the judge declared the trial of three men suspected of involvement in Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya's murder would be open to...
Wednesday,
November
19
, 2008
06
:42
pm
Jeff Seelbach
Juan Evo Morales Ayma, President of Bolivia, spoke in New York on Tuesday as part of the Columbia University World Leaders Forum. Morales, the...
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