10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America
| 10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Documentary |
| Written by | Steven Gillon |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 10 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company | History Channel |
| Original release | |
| Network | History Channel |
| Release | April 9 – April 14, 2006 |
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.[1][2]
Overview
[edit]The ten days featured in the series, in chronological order. The book and television series take different approaches to analyzing these events.[citation needed]
List of episodes
[edit]| 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
[edit]- ^ "10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America". History Store. Retrieved January 12, 2024.
- ^ Gillon, Steven M. (April 4, 2006). 10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America (1st ed.). Crown. ISBN 978-0-307-33934-8.