He was a farmer, a businessman, an unknown politician who suddenly found himself president. Of all the men who had held the highest office, Harry Truman was the least prepared, but would prove to be a surprise.

On August 8, 1908, at a racetrack outside Paris, Wilbur Wright executed what was, for him, a routine...

As a general, he had fought to preserve the Union. As president, he helped to oversee the transforma...

As a general, he had fought to preserve the Union. As president, he helped to oversee the transforma...

The Triangle Fire chronicles the 1911 fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York City kill...

On August 15th, 1914, the Panama Canal opened, connecting the world's two largest oceans and signali...

Filmed over five years in Kansas City, this documentary follows four transgender kids – beginning at...

November 2016 : The United States of America are about to elect their new president. AMERICA is a d...

In the closing decades of the nineteenth century, during what has become known as the Gilded Age, th...

Tuberculosis is the deadliest killer in human history, responsible for one in four deaths for almost...

Rob Williams was an African-American living in Monroe, North Carolina in the 1950s and 1960s. Living...

Arguably one of the most fateful and resonant events of the last half millennium, the Pilgrims journ...

In 1988, after two terms in office, Ronald Reagan left the White House one of the most popular presi...

On February 1, 1913, more than 150,000 people eagerly rushed to Grand Central Terminal to gaze at Ne...

Actor Dustin Hoffman narrates this decade-spanning documentary that highlights the contributions of ...

Discover the fascinating story of Elizebeth Smith Friedman, the groundbreaking cryptanalyst who help...

Cold War Roadshow tells the story of one of the most bizarre episodes in the annals of modern histor...

A documentary that explores the range of experiences lived by transgender Americans.

In the mid 1800s, New York City was one of the most crowded places on earth. The congested streets a...

The bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City in April 1995 is the worst act...

The life of President James Garfield, including his rise to power and the aftermath of his assassina...