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1. The Death of Socrates

Air Date: 1953-05-03

2. The Capture of Jesse James

Air Date: 1953-02-08

3. The Boston Tea Party (December 16, 1773)

Air Date: 1953-02-15

The Sons of Liberty destroy a shipment of tea sent by the East India Company in defiance of the Tea Act, setting the stage for the American Revolutionary War.

4. The Capture of John Dillinger

Air Date: 1953-02-22

5. The Final Hours of Joan of Arc

Air Date: 1953-03-01

6. The Assassination of Julius Caesar (March 15, 44 B.C.)

Air Date: 1953-03-08

The growing ambition of Julius Caesar is a source of major concern to his close friend Brutus. Cassius persuades him to participate in his plot to assassinate Caesar but they have both sorely underestimated Mark Antony.

7. The Hamilton-Burr Duel at Weehawken Heights

Air Date: 1953-03-15

8. The Discovery of Anesthesia

Air Date: 1953-03-22

9. The Witch Trial at Salem, Massachusetts

Air Date: 1953-03-29

10. The Conquest of Mexico

Air Date: 1953-04-05

11. The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson

Air Date: 1953-04-12

12. The Ordeal of Galileo

Air Date: 1953-04-19

13. The Signing of the Declaration of Independence

Air Date: 1953-04-26

14. The Death of Socrates (399 B.C.)

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15. The Rise of Adolph Hitler

Air Date: 1953-05-10

16. The Conquest of Yellow

Air Date: 1953-05-17

17. The Defense of the Alamo

Air Date: 1953-05-24

18. The Dreyfus Case

Air Date: 1953-05-31

19. The Signing of the Magna Carta

Air Date: 1953-06-07

20. The Escape of Rudolf Hess

Air Date: 1953-06-14

21. The Treason of Benedict Arnold

Air Date: 1953-06-21

22. The Burning of the Alamo

Air Date: 1953-06-28

1. The Fate of Nathan Hale

Air Date: 1953-08-30

2. The Capture of John Wilkes Booth

Air Date: 1953-09-06

3. The Louisiana Purchase

Air Date: 1953-09-13

4. The First Moscow Purge Trial

Air Date: 1953-09-20

5. The Birth of the National Anthem

Air Date: 1953-09-27

6. The Secret of Sigmund Freud

Air Date: 1953-10-04

7. Christopher Coluimbus Sets Foot on San Salvador

Air Date: 1953-10-11

8. The Death of Cleopatra

Air Date: 1953-10-18

9. The Triumph of Simon Bolivar

Air Date: 1953-10-25

10. Grant and Lee at Appomattox

Air Date: 1953-11-01

11. The Abdication of Napoleon

Air Date: 1953-11-08

12. The Recognition of Michelangelo

Air Date: 1953-11-15

13. The Sailing of the Mayflower

Air Date: 1953-11-22

14. The Gettysburg Address

Air Date: 1953-11-29

15. The Attack on Pearl Harbor

Air Date: 1953-12-06

16. The Vindication of Savonarola

Air Date: 1953-12-13

17. The Fall of Troy

Air Date: 1953-12-20

18. The Surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown

Air Date: 1953-12-27

19. Mallory's Tragedy on Mount Everest

Air Date: 1954-01-03

20. The Trial of Charles the First

Air Date: 1954-01-10

The trial and subsequent execution of King Charles the First.

21. The Resolve of Patrick Henry

Air Date: 1954-01-17

22. The Sacrifice of Mahatma Gandhi

Air Date: 1954-01-24

23. The Last Moment of Marie Antoinete

Air Date: 1954-01-31

24. The Ordeal of Tom Paine

Air Date: 1954-02-07

25. The Hanging of Captain Kidd

Air Date: 1954-02-14

26. The First Command Performance of Romeo and Juliet

Air Date: 1954-02-21

27. The Trial of Peter Zenger

Air Date: 1954-03-07

28. The Rescue of the Statue of Liberty

Air Date: 1954-03-14

29. Burgoyne's Surrender at Saratoga

Air Date: 1954-03-21

30. The Conspiracy of Catherine the Great

Air Date: 1954-03-28

31. The Opening of King Tut's Tomb

Air Date: 1954-04-04

32. Paul Revere's Ride

Air Date: 1954-04-11

33. The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots

Air Date: 1954-04-18

34. The Surrender of Corregidor

Air Date: 1954-04-25

35. The Death of Rasputin

Air Date: 1954-05-02

36. The Court Martial of Mata Hari

Air Date: 1954-05-09

37. The Scopes Trial

Air Date: 1954-05-16

38. The Great Moment of Haile Selassie

Air Date: 1954-05-23

39. The Rise of Genghis Khan

Air Date: 1954-05-30

40. The Decision of Robert E. Lee

Air Date: 1954-06-06

41. The Fall of Parnell

Air Date: 1954-06-13

42. The Crisis of Anne Boleyn

Air Date: 1954-06-20

43. The Vote That Made Jefferson President

Air Date: 1954-06-27

1. The Treason of Arron Burr

Air Date: 1954-08-29

2. The Emergence of Jazz

Air Date: 1954-09-05

3. The Oklahoma Land Rush (April 22, 1889)

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4. William Pitt's Last Speech to Parliament

Air Date: 1954-09-19

5. The Return of Ulysses

Air Date: 1954-09-26

6. Sutter Discovers Gold

Air Date: 1954-10-03

7. The Great Adventure of Marco Polo

Air Date: 1954-10-10

8. Edison's Miracle of Light

Air Date: 1954-10-17

9. The Burning of Rome

Air Date: 1954-10-24

10. The Nomination of Abrahan Lincoln

Air Date: 1954-10-31

11. The Surrender of Wake Island

Air Date: 1954-11-07

12. Lord Nelson at Trafalgar

Air Date: 1954-11-14

13. The Trial of Belle Starr

Air Date: 1954-11-21

14. The Plot Against Solomon

Air Date: 1954-11-28

15. The Battle of Gibraltar

Air Date: 1954-12-05

16. The Cabinet Crisis Over Peggy Eaton

Air Date: 1954-12-12

17. La Fitte and Jackson at New Orleans

Air Date: 1954-12-19

18. The Passage of the Bill of Rights

Air Date: 1954-12-26

19. The Torment of Beethoven

Air Date: 1955-01-02

20. The Death of Stonewall Jackson

Air Date: 1955-01-09

21. The First Flight of the Wright Brothers

Air Date: 1955-01-16

22. The Trial of Susan B. Anthony

Air Date: 1955-01-23

23. The Tragedy of John Milton

Air Date: 1955-01-30

24. The Signing of the Declaration of Independence

Air Date: 1955-02-06

25. The Tragic Hour of Dr. Semmelweis

Air Date: 1955-02-13

26. The Liberation of Paris

Air Date: 1955-02-20

27. Washington's Farewell to His Officers

Air Date: 1955-02-27

28. D-Day

Air Date: 1955-03-06

29. The Hatfield-McCoy Feud

Air Date: 1955-03-20

30. The Triumph of Alexander the Great

Air Date: 1955-03-27

31. Completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad

Air Date: 1955-04-03

32. P.T. Barnum Presents Jenny Lind

Air Date: 1955-04-10

33. The Emancipation Proclamation (January 1, 1863)

Air Date: 1955-04-17

Walter Cronkite and his news staff stand by as President Lincoln tries to decide whether or not he should sign the bill that will free all slaves in the southern territories. The fate of the Union cause may rest upon Lincoln's decision.

34. The Third Annual Nazi Party Congress at Nuremberg

Air Date: 1955-04-24

35. Lou Gehrig's Greatest Day

Air Date: 1955-05-01

36. The Final Performance of Sarah Bernhardt

Air Date: 1955-05-08

37. Dewey's Victory at Manila

Air Date: 1955-05-15

38. The Sinking of the Titanic

Air Date: 1955-05-22

39. The Assassination of Julius Caesar (March 15, 44 B.C.)

Air Date: 1955-05-29

The growing ambition of Julius Caesar is a source of major concern to his close friend Brutus. Cassius persuades him to participate in his plot to assassinate Caesar but they have both sorely underestimated Mark Antony.

40. The First Major Use of Penicillin

Air Date: 1955-06-05

41. The Birth of Modern Boxing

Air Date: 1955-06-12

42. Napoleon's Return From Elba

Air Date: 1955-06-19

43. Boston Tea Party (Restaged) (December 16, 1773)

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December 16, 1773. There's tea, tea everywhere, but not a drop to drink as angry Bostonians dump the loads of tea into the harbor to protest the British taxes. Walter Cronkite and his news staff interview participants and bystanders at historic sites around Boston.

1. The Triumph of Louis Braille (May 25, 1847)

Air Date: 1955-09-11

Louis Braille develops a system for the blind to read and write, bringing them out of the shadows of society.

2. The Last Day of an English Queen

Air Date: 1955-09-18

3. The Boston Massacre

Air Date: 1955-10-02

4. The Rescue of the American Prisoners from Santo Tomas

Air Date: 1955-10-09

5. Moscow Today

Air Date: 1955-10-16

6. The Secret Message That Plunged America Into World War I (March 1, 1917)

Air Date: 1955-10-23

A dramatization of America's entry into World War I.

7. Grant and Lee at Appomattox

Air Date: 1955-10-30

8. The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

Air Date: 1955-11-06

9. The Hoax of Cardiff Giant (February 2, 1870)

Air Date: 1955-11-13

Reporters are stationed at the home of poet and physician Oliver Wendell Holmes; the Cardiff N.Y. farm of William Newell, where the alleged human fossil was discovered; and at the library of Cornell University's president, Andrew D. White. Holmes and a reporter named Bud Wilson sense that the Cardiff giant is not authentic.

10. Bannister Wins the Mile Run

Air Date: 1955-11-20

11. Eli Whitney Invents the Cotton Gin

Air Date: 1955-11-27

12. Spindletop: The First Great Texas Oil Strike

Air Date: 1955-12-04

13. The Chicago Fire

Air Date: 1955-12-11

14. Pierre and Marie Curie Discover Radium

Air Date: 1955-12-18

15. Washington Crosses the Delaware (December 25, 1776)

Air Date: 1955-12-25

As snow and sleet threaten to freeze the Delaware River, General Washington attempts a crossing to surprise Hessian troops at Trenton, N.J.

16. Benedict Arnold's Plot Against West Point

Air Date: 1956-01-01

17. The Heroism of Clara Barton

Air Date: 1956-01-08

At the battle of Antietam, September 17, 1862, later labeled as "the bloodiest day of the Civil War," we witness the heroism of Clara Barton, who defies the danger of battle to administer first aid to the men.

18. V-J Day

Air Date: 1956-01-15

19. Dr. Pinel Unchains the Insane

Air Date: 1956-02-12

20. The Great Comstock Silver Strike (October 29, 1873)

Air Date: 1956-02-26

Walter Cronkite hosts a TV recreation of the Great Comstock Silver Strike using many well known western TV character actors.

21. When Stanley Finds Livingstone

Air Date: 1956-03-11

22. Berlin Airlift

Air Date: 1956-03-25

23. The Lost Battalion of World War I

Air Date: 1956-04-01

24. The Recovery of the Mona Lisa

Air Date: 1956-04-08

25. WIlliam Jennings Bryan's Presidential Nomination

Air Date: 1956-04-15

26. The Return of Halley's Comet

Air Date: 1956-04-29

27. Benjamin Franklin's Kite Experiment

Air Date: 1956-05-13

28. The Doolittle Raiders Take Off for Tokyo

Air Date: 1956-05-20

29. The Vote That Defeated Andrew Jackson for President

Air Date: 1956-05-27

30. Cyprus Today

Air Date: 1956-06-01

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1. The Fall of Fort Sumter

Air Date: 1956-09-02

2. The Great Diamond Fraud (November 1872)

Air Date: 1956-09-09

Two men use a phony diamond mine to dupe a bank and a jewel company.

3. Decatur's Raid at Tripoli

Air Date: 1956-09-23

4. The Scuttling of the Graf Spee

Air Date: 1956-09-30

5. Mr. Christian Seizes the Bounty

Air Date: 1956-10-07

6. Hitler Invades Poland

Air Date: 1956-10-14

7. Daniel Webster's Sacrifice to Save the Union

Air Date: 1956-10-21

8. The End of the Dalton Gang

Air Date: 1957-05-12

9. The Overthrow of the Tweed Ring

Air Date: 1957-05-26

10. The Attempt to Assassinate Theodore Roosevelt

Air Date: 1957-06-02

11. The Bank Holiday Crisis

Air Date: 1957-06-09

12. Lewis and Clark Expedition

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13. The Mystery of Amelia Earhart

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