America - still a young country by world standards - began as an experiment in self-government. This collection includes stories of America's people as they follow a path of "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."
On the morning of January 28, 1986, the space shuttle Challenger began its Teacher-in-Space flight.
During a televised hearing on the Challenger explosion, Dr.
Charles A. Lindbergh was the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
On the 1st of December, 1958, Our Lady of the Angels School, in Chicago, was the scene of a catastrophic fire.
On the 8th of October, 1871, Chicago was a city of many wooden buildings.
This historical footage, from the 1930s, depicts what it was like to set-up a traveling circus.
Small towns, as well as large cities, welcomed the circus as animals and performers paraded through the streets.
Citation - the first race horse to win $1 million - won the Triple Crown in 1948.
Part 2 of Stefan Sharff's documentary on the Selma-to-Montgomery civil-rights march.
With a federal court order allowing their peaceful march from Selma to Montgomery, civil-rights activists - led by Dr.
One of Australia's most popular writers - before he died in 1938 - was given a very long name at birth: Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis.
During the summer of 1966, racial tensions in Cleveland were causing many concerns, especially in the Hough neighborhood.
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