June 27, 1905. It’s the last morning of Ippolit Gilyarovsky’s life. He wakes up in a battleship on the Black Sea. The Potemkin. He’s a despised Russian naval officer who doesn’t care that his sailors are refusing to eat their lunch of rotten borscht. They’ll do it because he says so. And if they don’t, he’ll hang them. Why did these sailors, many of them pea ... Show More
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A Meteorite Hits Ann Hodges
November 30, 1954. At about 12:45 in the afternoon, a space rock comes plummeting through the roof of a house in Sylacauga, Alabama. It bounces off a stand-up radio, ricochets around the living room, and collides with the thigh of Mrs. Ann Hodges, who’s been napping on the couch. ... Show More
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Nov 17
Ken Burns Reimagines the American Revolution | A Conversation with Ken Burns & Sarah Botstein
November 16, 1776. George Washington rows toward Manhattan to inspect the fort that bears his name, only to meet a full-scale British assault already underway. By afternoon, Fort Washington has fallen, and General Washington is forced to abandon New York City.
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Nov 10
The Grinnell 14 Take On the Bomb (feat. Peter Coyote)
November 16, 1961. Fourteen college students from Iowa have driven nearly a thousand miles to the White House. They’re fasting, protesting, and calling for an end to nuclear bomb testing. These students, later known as the Grinnell 14, will help ignite the student peace movement ... Show More
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Aug 2023
73. Ivan the Terrible and the Founding of Russia
Subjected, downtrodden, brutalised. The principality of Muscovy had long suffered at the hands of the Mongols. But as their overlords weaken, their ruler, Ivan the Great, begins to lead the Muscovites to freedom. Come 1533, it is time for his descendant, Ivan the Terrible to rule ... Show More
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Feb 2024
Ходорковский LIVE: Украина уничтожила 1/3 Черноморского флота РФ. Потоплен «Цезарь Куников» — большой десантный корабль (2024-15-02)
Еще один большой десантный корабль (БДК) Черноморского флота РФ уничтожен. БДК «Цезарь Куников» потоплен в Крыму, недалеко от Алупки. Что символично, корабль погиб 14 февраля — в один день с Героем Советского Союза, в честь которого был назван, с разницей в 81 год. По данным зару ... Show More
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Dec 2023
Un naufrage en URSS : l'Admiral Nakhimov
<p>Mes chers camarades, bien le bonjour ! </p><p>Les grands naufrages de paquebots, comme celui du Titanic, sont si terribles qu’on les inscrit dans notre mémoire collective, en les associant à une certaine période historique. C’est le cas de la catastrophe dont nous allons parle ... Show More
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