http://www.history.com/schedule.do?action=weekly The History Channel daily listings for Sunday, November 8, 2009. All times ET/PT. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST 60 http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=491710 Faces...and facts...fleshed out from the grave. Unprecedented technology brings to life extraordinary mirror images and powerful last impressions of history's most powerful men. Every line, every wrinkle, every expression tells a story. Forensic-science and anthropology experts have identified that history's most relevant figures left behind highly-detailed casts of their faces, created at their moment of death, to preserve their souls and physical memory for eternity. Using advanced facial-reconstruction techniques and 3-D imprint detailing, these death masks render an exact replica of every feature, and an intimate look at how their characteristics affected their lives. Includes startling new insights into the persistent mysteries surrounding these historic icons like Julius Caesar, Abraham Lincoln, Napoleon and George Washington, and just may reveal some secrets these men preferred to conceal. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=502908 It sprung up overnight in August, 1961--a makeshift blockade separating repressive, Soviet-controlled East Berlin from the Allied-run democracy to the west. Soon the barrier encircled all of West Berlin, sealing its two million citizens off from the rest of the world. As escape attempts escalated, deadlier obstacles were added. Eventually, a 97-mile barrier, virtually impenetrable, snaked along the border between East and West Berlin. And 28 years later, it came down as unexpectedly as it went up. Observe the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall (November 9, 2009) with a dramatic look at how a line of railway cars and barbed wire evolved into the massively fortified fortress that came to symbolize the Cold War. Computer-generated imagery, re-enactments, archival footage, and expert commentary provide political and historical context while helping to illustrate how construction progressed over time--and how it was suddenly demolished by civilians in 1989. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=276662 Informational programming. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=276657 Informational programming. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=276662 Informational programming. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=276657 Informational programming. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=276662 Informational programming. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=276662 Informational programming. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=428102 Napoleon Bonaparte led one of history's most calamitous campaigns when he invaded Russia in 1812 with some 500,000 men--less than 50,000 returned to France. Defeated by the merciless Russian winter, we highlight the Grand Army's retreat from Moscow as recorded by a survivor of the hellish journey home. In 1941, Adolf Hitler proved no student of history for the fate suffered by his armies during his Russian campaign was virtually identical to that which befell Napoleon. Prepared for a swift summer campaign, Germany soon faced an enemy as deadly as the Red Army. We describe the effects of the winter on these disastrous campaigns, and eerie similarities and coincidences. Archive film and firsthand accounts of veterans of 1941 provide a harrowing record of men battling against undefeatable elements. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/exhibits/americaneats "When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's amore." And nothing sums up the American relationship with pizza better than that word. Americans eat approximately 350 slices per second--about 100 acres of pizza a day! At last count, there were close to 70,000 pizzerias in the US working tirelessly to satisfy that $11-billion a year craving with a seemingly endless variety. Pizza's American journey has taken it full circle--from small Italian-American communities, through the cutthroat competition of global chains, to the mass-produced world of frozen pizza, and back to distinctive, personal pies. But all the while, pizza has managed to retain its original identity--its versatility and strong heritage have given it a staying power like no other. Despite fierce passions and regional preferences, there's room for everybody at the pizza table. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/states.do Take a history lesson filled with surprising facts, figures and stories from five American states. In California, see how the discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill, in 1848 started the largest migration in US history, and then learn how scientists are currently trying to predict the next big earthquake. Next it's off to North Carolina's tobacco fields and the mystery of Roanoke--the lost colony. Wichita, Kansas is the "Aviation Capital of America" and Wyatt Earp put Dodge City on the map. New Hampshire is the state where the first act of open rebellion in America's Revolutionary War took place and the first presidential primary each election season is held. Finally, learn about The Battle of Blair Mountain, West Virginia, where in 1921, over 10,000 unionizing coal miners faced off with state and federal troops in what was one of the largest armed uprisings in America since the Civil War. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/states.do Another history lesson filled with surprising facts, figures and stories from five American states. Texas hit the jackpot in 1901 with the discovery of oil at Spindletop Well in Beaumont. Puritans came to Massachusetts to escape religious persecution, but their own zeal to convert Native Americans led to one of the bloodiest wars in US history. Arkansas, 1957--nine African American high school students attempted to enroll at Little Rock's Central High School and made Civil Rights history. During the Iowa Caucuses farmers rub elbows with would-be presidents. Finally, Delaware patriot Caesar Rodney rode into history in 1776 when he raced 80 miles on horseback to break the deadlocked vote for American independence. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/states.do Travel back to the origins of New York City at New Amsterdam, the 16th century Dutch merchant colony. Discover how French Acadians fled Canada in 1873 to settle in Louisiana, developing the "Cajun" subculture. The Oregon Trail opened in 1843, bringing half a million settlers to the west. Visit Los Alamos Laboratories in New Mexico's remote high desert, the birthplace of the atomic bomb, and where today research continues to advance science. Finally, learn how two friends from Vermont opened an ice cream shop in 1977 and would go on to become America's most famous entrepreneurs. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/states.do Crossing the icy Delaware River on Christmas night, 1776, allowed George Washington to surprise the British at Trenton, a critical American victory in the Revolutionary War. One of the world's most recognizable natural landmarks, the Grand Canyon, defies the imaginations of the five million people who visit there annually. Pioneer Daniel Boone blazed the Wilderness Trail through Kentucky in 1775 and tamed the wild frontier. The opening of "The Unassigned Lands" in Oklahoma resulted in 50,000 settlers racing across the prairie to grab a stake and claim ownership of a homestead. The discovery of oil in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, in 1975 called for an ingenious feat of engineering to transport fuel across 800 miles of icy wilderness. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/states.do Ground Hog Day in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, dates back to 1886 and an ancient European holiday called Candlemass Day. Garrison Keeler and his A Prairie Home Companion radio program export a comic, down-home image of Minnesota to a weekly worldwide audience of over four million listeners. Hawaii is the only state that was once a kingdom and had its throne toppled in 1893 by a handful of meddling foreigners with the aid of the U.S. Navy. Following the world's first submarine attack in 1864, the Confederate sub The Hunley sank mysteriously in Charleston Harbor, but was discovered and raised 131 years later. Montana has long been the world's best source for dinosaur fossils and a recent discovery is shedding new light. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/states.do Hurricanes, lightening and alligator-filled swamps made Florida an unwelcome candidate for statehood, yet it continues to draw more and more people annually. In 1900, Indianapolis, not Detroit, was the center of the auto industry, and endurance tests there resulted in the establishment of the Indy 500 in 1911. On May 18, 1980, America's most economically destructive volcanic erupts at Mt. St. Helens and rocks Washington State. Escaping religious persecution, Brigham Young leads twelve thousand Mormons on an exodus into the Utah desert in search of paradise. Roger Williams fled Massachusetts in the 16th century and founded a colony of religious tolerance in Rhode Island. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/states.do The Cahokia civilization thrived in the region known today as Illinois, from 700 to 1400 AD, but when the culture mysteriously disappeared, it left behind pyramids that rivaled those of ancient Egypt. Changing with the times, Connecticut's shipbuilders shifted from sails to steam to diesel power, culminating in the construction of the first nuclear submarine. The 1859 discovery of the Comstock Lode, world's largest silver deposit, prompted the Federal government to offer statehood to Nevada, a region it had previously written off as worthless desert. Work chants, gospel and traditional folk music were combined in the Mississippi Delta to create an original American art form--the Blues. The first frontiersmen to report the wonders of Yellowstone, Wyoming, were thought to be either crazy or lying. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/states.do Virginia was not only the home of the first permanent British colony; it was the birthplace of eight presidents of the United States. "The Gravity Grand Prix" has been an annual event in Akron, Ohio, since the 1930s and today draws 500 young entrants from around the nation. The discovery of gold, then lead, copper, zinc and silver, has made Idaho one of the richest mineral producing states in the nation. Poor hill farmers in Winston County rarely owned slaves and when Alabama seceded from the Union in 1861, Winston County tried to secede from Alabama. Teddy Roosevelt, America's first conservation president, learned valuable lessons about preserving nature while on his North Dakota ranch. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/states.do Michigan's logging industry helped build fortunes, but over-harvesting also threatened the environment. Davy Crocket, the coonskin-capped congressman from Tennessee, became more legend than reality thanks to 19th century political campaigns. Originally disdained as a food fit only for servants, lobsters are now a delicacy fueling Maine's fishing industries. Riverboat traffic and trailheads to Santa Fe and Oregon made Missouri the "Gateway to the West." The discovery of gold in the Black Hills in 1874 created a rush of prospectors who displaced Indians from sacred land that they'd been promised for eternity. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/states.do Stone Mountain, Georgia, a monument to three heroes of the Confederacy, dwarfs Mt. Rushmore. The Denver Mint in Colorado, which produces the most coins in the world, started out during Colorado's gold and silver boom of the 1860s as a private bank. Wisconsin's Great Lakes are littered with sunken ships, but the cold, fresh waters keep aging vessels intact. One hundred, sixty acres of free land made available by The Homestead Act of 1862 drew settlers to Nebraska's plains. Maryland soil helped found the District of Columbia, but the District's Federal status denies it any state's rights of its own. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/ancientdiscoveries Assault from the air didn't begin with the era of the airplane. Take a look back at early methods of airborne attack. The kite bomb was a medieval siege weapon that dropped bombs from a kite over cities. We'll build one and test it with startling new insights and success. Ancient bouncing bombs that actually skipped across water--the forerunners of the famous Dam Buster projectiles--terrorized shipping in Turkey in 1453. Learn the secrets of ancient China's whistling arrows--used by commanders to direct the flow of a battle. Investigate the world's earliest rocket-powered explosive missile from the ancient battlefields of China. Finally, in one of the most dramatic tests ever conducted, we'll build the earliest known successful parachute and drops a skydiver from 6,000 feet. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=474334 In this episode, Rick refurbishes a gas pump with a bird's nest inside, Corey takes a quiz after misidentifying a Faberge crystal glass--if he loses, he works graveyard, if he wins he gets $2500,--and Rick buys some bayonets. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=482036 The Pawn Stars are used to paying big money for celebrity John Hancocks but will they know how to price one from the actual John Hancock? Then the guys have an opportunity to buy an allegedly authentic Indiana Jones whip--but it all boils down to two words: Harrison Ford. And finally, will the purchase of a hot item by one of his underlings land Corey in hot water. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=472808 A young man wants to trade a 1750 Blunderbuss gun for an engagement ring. Will Rick exchange vows and buy the gun or will he get cold feet and run? Then, the Pawn Stars get an opportunity to purchase an ejection seat allegedly from a World War II fighter jet, but is this deal destined to crash and burn? And later, a guy looking to make rent money wants to pawn his original 1966 Schwinn Stingray bike which has Rick remembering the good old days. Will his trip down memory lane include laying out the dough? Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=466994 An 1861 Civil War saber finds its way into the shop--but if it's real, why was the blade never sharpened? Then Rick and the owner of a Chuck Berry autographed Fender guitar find themselves on different pages when it comes to bartering over this item. Finally, the Pawn Stars appraise a "1916 National Cash Register." It looks real, but will they pull out the money from their 2009 cash register? Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=472862 Rick buys an old, Mafia favorite the 1962 Lincoln Continental with "suicide doors," but as the repair bills add up, so does the tension between him and the old man. Then, a guy brings in a billfold from 1857 that he found while cleaning out his garage. The best part? It's stuffed with Confederate money. Finally the Pawn Stars get a chance to buy a rare 1942 Gibson L7 guitar that was once played at a birthday party for Al Capone. But, is the seller in tune with what it's really worth? Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=466980 Rick considers buying an 18th Century cannon that could be worth up to $40,000. But, before he makes an offer, he'll need to verify that it's the real deal by test firing it first. Then, a local woodworker needs cash to keep his business afloat and looks to pawn his 1.5 ton table saw. The Pawn Stars might lose the deal if they can't figure out a way to move it back to the pawn shop. Finally, a guy trying to sell his replica Roman armor strikes out with Corey but gets a second chance as Chumlee tries to negotiate what could be his first and last deal at the shop. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=503012 This young Roman emperor had a fearsome reputation as a sadist, a murderer...and a raving lunatic. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=474334 In this episode, Rick refurbishes a gas pump with a bird's nest inside, Corey takes a quiz after misidentifying a Faberge crystal glass--if he loses, he works graveyard, if he wins he gets $2500,--and Rick buys some bayonets. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=482036 The Pawn Stars are used to paying big money for celebrity John Hancocks but will they know how to price one from the actual John Hancock? Then the guys have an opportunity to buy an allegedly authentic Indiana Jones whip--but it all boils down to two words: Harrison Ford. And finally, will the purchase of a hot item by one of his underlings land Corey in hot water. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=472808 A young man wants to trade a 1750 Blunderbuss gun for an engagement ring. Will Rick exchange vows and buy the gun or will he get cold feet and run? Then, the Pawn Stars get an opportunity to purchase an ejection seat allegedly from a World War II fighter jet, but is this deal destined to crash and burn? And later, a guy looking to make rent money wants to pawn his original 1966 Schwinn Stingray bike which has Rick remembering the good old days. Will his trip down memory lane include laying out the dough? Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=466994 An 1861 Civil War saber finds its way into the shop--but if it's real, why was the blade never sharpened? Then Rick and the owner of a Chuck Berry autographed Fender guitar find themselves on different pages when it comes to bartering over this item. Finally, the Pawn Stars appraise a "1916 National Cash Register." It looks real, but will they pull out the money from their 2009 cash register? Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=472862 Rick buys an old, Mafia favorite the 1962 Lincoln Continental with "suicide doors," but as the repair bills add up, so does the tension between him and the old man. Then, a guy brings in a billfold from 1857 that he found while cleaning out his garage. The best part? It's stuffed with Confederate money. Finally the Pawn Stars get a chance to buy a rare 1942 Gibson L7 guitar that was once played at a birthday party for Al Capone. But, is the seller in tune with what it's really worth? Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=466980 Rick considers buying an 18th Century cannon that could be worth up to $40,000. But, before he makes an offer, he'll need to verify that it's the real deal by test firing it first. Then, a local woodworker needs cash to keep his business afloat and looks to pawn his 1.5 ton table saw. The Pawn Stars might lose the deal if they can't figure out a way to move it back to the pawn shop. Finally, a guy trying to sell his replica Roman armor strikes out with Corey but gets a second chance as Chumlee tries to negotiate what could be his first and last deal at the shop. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=474334 In this episode, Rick refurbishes a gas pump with a bird's nest inside, Corey takes a quiz after misidentifying a Faberge crystal glass--if he loses, he works graveyard, if he wins he gets $2500,--and Rick buys some bayonets. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=482036 The Pawn Stars are used to paying big money for celebrity John Hancocks but will they know how to price one from the actual John Hancock? Then the guys have an opportunity to buy an allegedly authentic Indiana Jones whip--but it all boils down to two words: Harrison Ford. And finally, will the purchase of a hot item by one of his underlings land Corey in hot water. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=472808 A young man wants to trade a 1750 Blunderbuss gun for an engagement ring. Will Rick exchange vows and buy the gun or will he get cold feet and run? Then, the Pawn Stars get an opportunity to purchase an ejection seat allegedly from a World War II fighter jet, but is this deal destined to crash and burn? And later, a guy looking to make rent money wants to pawn his original 1966 Schwinn Stingray bike which has Rick remembering the good old days. Will his trip down memory lane include laying out the dough? Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=466994 An 1861 Civil War saber finds its way into the shop--but if it's real, why was the blade never sharpened? Then Rick and the owner of a Chuck Berry autographed Fender guitar find themselves on different pages when it comes to bartering over this item. Finally, the Pawn Stars appraise a "1916 National Cash Register." It looks real, but will they pull out the money from their 2009 cash register? Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=472862 Rick buys an old, Mafia favorite the 1962 Lincoln Continental with "suicide doors," but as the repair bills add up, so does the tension between him and the old man. Then, a guy brings in a billfold from 1857 that he found while cleaning out his garage. The best part? It's stuffed with Confederate money. Finally the Pawn Stars get a chance to buy a rare 1942 Gibson L7 guitar that was once played at a birthday party for Al Capone. But, is the seller in tune with what it's really worth? Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=466980 Rick considers buying an 18th Century cannon that could be worth up to $40,000. But, before he makes an offer, he'll need to verify that it's the real deal by test firing it first. Then, a local woodworker needs cash to keep his business afloat and looks to pawn his 1.5 ton table saw. The Pawn Stars might lose the deal if they can't figure out a way to move it back to the pawn shop. Finally, a guy trying to sell his replica Roman armor strikes out with Corey but gets a second chance as Chumlee tries to negotiate what could be his first and last deal at the shop. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=503012 This young Roman emperor had a fearsome reputation as a sadist, a murderer...and a raving lunatic. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=276662 Informational programming. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=276657 Informational programming. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=276662 Informational programming. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=276657 Informational programming. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=481870 In this fascinating one-hour special, we bring to life the world of the Tlicho, an aboriginal First Nations people who have inhabited a vast region of the Canadian Northwest Territories for more than 10,000 years. Today, the Tlicho Nation is a self-governing community of about than 3,000 who control more than 15,000 square miles around Yellowknife, the location of two of the diamond mines featured in the first season of the Ice Road Truckers series. This show explores the history and traditions of the Tlicho, as well as their lives today--from caribou hunting to maintaining the ice roads, to the ways elders and young people are preserving their history for future generations. This Save Our History special shows how the Tlicho have managed to thrive in the modern world while maintaining their distinct traditions and culture. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=186969 The real story of how gold made millionaires of a few, but spelled disaster for most of the fortune seekers who were lured to the hills. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=295848 For generations, Alaska has exerted a powerful pull as the place to head for a job like no other; work that promises the adventure of a lifetime, the chance to strike it rich, and the very real prospect of never making it back alive. Plying their trades on America's last frontier, soldiers, Coast Guard crewmen, bush pilots, and truckers all work for the same boss from hell: a dangerous territory full of the most inhospitable weather and extreme terrain on earth. Even today, Alaska boasts four of the country's top 10 most dangerous jobs. We'll feature dramatic stories of four killer jobs from the last 150 years of Alaskan history and experience what it takes to survive and thrive in this intense and harsh climate by riding along with today's workers and hearing from old-timers who forged the way. And we'll weave in the traditions, technology, and tools that can mean the difference between life and death in Alaska's killer jobs. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=428082 A modern day Green Beret (Terry Schappert) tests the legendary weapons and strategies of the English Knights, leading to the ultimate battle that destroyed the code of chivalry. Outnumbered English knights and archers, led by King Henry V, slaughter French knights at Agincourt. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=428196 A modern day warrior, Green Beret Terry Schappert tests the deadly weapons and psychological tactics of legendary Samurai. Legendary samurai Musashi meets archrival Kojiro in climactic duel. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/minisites/citiesoftheunderworld While most people think of San Francisco as a haven for peace-loving hippies, this city by the Bay is actually one of the biggest military defense installations in America. We'll take you beneath its picturesque hills and uncover the biggest ammunitions depot on the West Coast before plunging into a deadly arsenal that once stored nuclear missiles with more than six times the destructive power of the atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima. From the secret Civil War fortification buried beneath Alcatraz to the human trafficking tunnels winding below Chinatown, San Francisco's underground is evidence of its sordid past. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/minisites/modernmarvels The task was monumental: Build the world's largest dam in the middle of the desert, and tame the river that carved the Grand Canyon--all in seven years! When the Hoover Dam was completed in 1935, it was the largest dam in the world. We'll reveal how this engineering wonder of the world was conceived and built. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=295848 For generations, Alaska has exerted a powerful pull as the place to head for a job like no other; work that promises the adventure of a lifetime, the chance to strike it rich, and the very real prospect of never making it back alive. Plying their trades on America's last frontier, soldiers, Coast Guard crewmen, bush pilots, and truckers all work for the same boss from hell: a dangerous territory full of the most inhospitable weather and extreme terrain on earth. Even today, Alaska boasts four of the country's top 10 most dangerous jobs. We'll feature dramatic stories of four killer jobs from the last 150 years of Alaskan history and experience what it takes to survive and thrive in this intense and harsh climate by riding along with today's workers and hearing from old-timers who forged the way. And we'll weave in the traditions, technology, and tools that can mean the difference between life and death in Alaska's killer jobs. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=428082 A modern day Green Beret (Terry Schappert) tests the legendary weapons and strategies of the English Knights, leading to the ultimate battle that destroyed the code of chivalry. Outnumbered English knights and archers, led by King Henry V, slaughter French knights at Agincourt. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=428196 A modern day warrior, Green Beret Terry Schappert tests the deadly weapons and psychological tactics of legendary Samurai. Legendary samurai Musashi meets archrival Kojiro in climactic duel. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/minisites/citiesoftheunderworld While most people think of San Francisco as a haven for peace-loving hippies, this city by the Bay is actually one of the biggest military defense installations in America. We'll take you beneath its picturesque hills and uncover the biggest ammunitions depot on the West Coast before plunging into a deadly arsenal that once stored nuclear missiles with more than six times the destructive power of the atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima. From the secret Civil War fortification buried beneath Alcatraz to the human trafficking tunnels winding below Chinatown, San Francisco's underground is evidence of its sordid past. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/minisites/modernmarvels The task was monumental: Build the world's largest dam in the middle of the desert, and tame the river that carved the Grand Canyon--all in seven years! When the Hoover Dam was completed in 1935, it was the largest dam in the world. We'll reveal how this engineering wonder of the world was conceived and built. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=502912 By the time Jesse James was killed in 1882, he'd stolen over a million and a half dollars according to some estimates--gold, coins and cash that could be worth over $50 million today. History often paints James as a clever outlaw who stole money to finance a lavish criminal lifestyle, a man whose sixteen year long crime spree came to a dramatic halt in 1882 when a fellow gang member betrayed him and shot him dead in the back of the head. But now, a treasure hunt may reveal a totally new story. Was Jesse really stealing for himself, or was he actually secreting away large sums of wealth, in order to finance one of the most clandestine secret societies in American history? Follow a team of treasure hunters searching for where he stashed his riches... and a new truth about Jesse James. Their discoveries may not only re-write the history of why Jesse stole, it could also raise new questions about his death. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=299528 The U.S. Bullion Depository, better known as Fort Knox, is home of the United States Army and one of the world's most top secret fortresses. Hidden deep inside the vault is an estimated $73 billion dollars in gold. Almost all information about it is classified. Through interviews with eyewitnesses, rare photos and rarely seen films, we will construct a picture of what the building might look like. Hear testimony of those journalists and congressmen who were among the select few invited inside in 1974. Discover the history and secrets behind the Army's tank warfare and the classified military technologies it will use to fight the wars of the future. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=502912 By the time Jesse James was killed in 1882, he'd stolen over a million and a half dollars according to some estimates--gold, coins and cash that could be worth over $50 million today. History often paints James as a clever outlaw who stole money to finance a lavish criminal lifestyle, a man whose sixteen year long crime spree came to a dramatic halt in 1882 when a fellow gang member betrayed him and shot him dead in the back of the head. But now, a treasure hunt may reveal a totally new story. Was Jesse really stealing for himself, or was he actually secreting away large sums of wealth, in order to finance one of the most clandestine secret societies in American history? Follow a team of treasure hunters searching for where he stashed his riches... and a new truth about Jesse James. Their discoveries may not only re-write the history of why Jesse stole, it could also raise new questions about his death. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=299528 The U.S. Bullion Depository, better known as Fort Knox, is home of the United States Army and one of the world's most top secret fortresses. Hidden deep inside the vault is an estimated $73 billion dollars in gold. Almost all information about it is classified. Through interviews with eyewitnesses, rare photos and rarely seen films, we will construct a picture of what the building might look like. Hear testimony of those journalists and congressmen who were among the select few invited inside in 1974. Discover the history and secrets behind the Army's tank warfare and the classified military technologies it will use to fight the wars of the future. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=502912 By the time Jesse James was killed in 1882, he'd stolen over a million and a half dollars according to some estimates--gold, coins and cash that could be worth over $50 million today. History often paints James as a clever outlaw who stole money to finance a lavish criminal lifestyle, a man whose sixteen year long crime spree came to a dramatic halt in 1882 when a fellow gang member betrayed him and shot him dead in the back of the head. But now, a treasure hunt may reveal a totally new story. Was Jesse really stealing for himself, or was he actually secreting away large sums of wealth, in order to finance one of the most clandestine secret societies in American history? Follow a team of treasure hunters searching for where he stashed his riches... and a new truth about Jesse James. Their discoveries may not only re-write the history of why Jesse stole, it could also raise new questions about his death. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=299528 The U.S. Bullion Depository, better known as Fort Knox, is home of the United States Army and one of the world's most top secret fortresses. Hidden deep inside the vault is an estimated $73 billion dollars in gold. Almost all information about it is classified. Through interviews with eyewitnesses, rare photos and rarely seen films, we will construct a picture of what the building might look like. Hear testimony of those journalists and congressmen who were among the select few invited inside in 1974. Discover the history and secrets behind the Army's tank warfare and the classified military technologies it will use to fight the wars of the future. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=276662 Informational programming. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=276657 Informational programming. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=276662 Informational programming. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=276657 Informational programming. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=276662 Informational programming. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=276662 Informational programming. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/minisites/civilwar/ Portrait of the brilliant General Thomas Jackson, who led Confederate troops in the bloody battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and Bull Run, where he and his troops defended their position "like a stone wall." Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=416574 What if life on Earth began in outer space? Millions of people accept the theory that intelligent life forms visited Earth thousands of years ago and were worshiped as gods by primitive man. Are monuments like Stonehenge and Easter Island the last remains of an ancient alien visitation? From unexplainable super structures, to knowledge of the solar system, mathematics, and even the ability to make electricity, this special explores evidence of super-human influences on ancient man and embarks on an around-the-world search for answers. It's an investigation into a theory some believe cannot be true, but many agree cannot be ignored. (2009 special.) Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/minisites/ufohunters For decades, it has been believed that the United States military have had unexplained encounters with the UFO phenomena. Our team sets out to try and uncover the armed forces' "first response" to UFO encounters. They investigate a claim that in Long Beach, California, multiple UFOs were seen and pursued by military helicopters. They revisit the area of the alleged 2008 UFO crash in Needles, California. Here, it is believed the military presence has been beefed up as the number of UFO sightings has grown. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/minisites/ufohunters UFOs are the biggest mystery of our time and somebody--or something--seems determined to keep it that way. Hundreds of UFO researchers and witnesses have told of terrifying encounters with mysterious men, usually dressed completely in black, who threaten terrible consequences if they don't keep silent. The Men in Black seem to appear out of nowhere, know facts the witnesses haven't divulged to anybody, and frequently display bizarre behavior, leading some to question whether they are in fact, human. The team interviews men who are only now willing to come forward to tell their stories. A sketch artist will create portraits of the MIB to see if the sightings match. The team will also analyze the only known photograph of a MIB and talk to the photographer. Finally, the team travels to "the new Area 51" in the Utah desert, to a site rumored to be the place where the MIB originate. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/minisites/ufohunters Area 51 is considered the ultimate top secret facility, one that UFO investigators believe houses an extraterrestrial secret. But is there an even more secretive facility? In Dugway, UT, there is a remote testing facility sometimes referred to as Area 52. UFO watchers in this part of Utah have witnessed strange phenomena at this military site for over 10 years, leading to speculation that much of Area 51's secretive work is now conducted at Area 52. The team examines video of bizarre beams of light seen shooting up from the area, meets with an astrophysicist who has charted mysterious cosmic rays operating out of Dugway, and analyzes photos that suggest something very strange is taking place. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/universe Without the moon, Earth would be a very different and desolate place today--four hours of sunlight with pitch-black nights, steady 100-mph winds spawning giant hurricanes that last for months, and virtually no complex life forms, much less humans. Safe to say, we probably owe our very existence to the moon. But what if it suddenly disappeared? Solar gravity redirects ocean water that floods coastal spots around the globe. Sea currents shift, resulting in freakish weather patterns. Eventually, earth's axis begins fluctuating wildly and climate change grows more extreme. The poles are tropical jungles and parts of the equator become frigid wastelands. Human evolution starts churning in unpredictable ways or ends completely. Without the moon, the Earth is a very different place. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=416574 What if life on Earth began in outer space? Millions of people accept the theory that intelligent life forms visited Earth thousands of years ago and were worshiped as gods by primitive man. Are monuments like Stonehenge and Easter Island the last remains of an ancient alien visitation? From unexplainable super structures, to knowledge of the solar system, mathematics, and even the ability to make electricity, this special explores evidence of super-human influences on ancient man and embarks on an around-the-world search for answers. It's an investigation into a theory some believe cannot be true, but many agree cannot be ignored. (2009 special.) Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/minisites/ufohunters For decades, it has been believed that the United States military have had unexplained encounters with the UFO phenomena. Our team sets out to try and uncover the armed forces' "first response" to UFO encounters. They investigate a claim that in Long Beach, California, multiple UFOs were seen and pursued by military helicopters. They revisit the area of the alleged 2008 UFO crash in Needles, California. Here, it is believed the military presence has been beefed up as the number of UFO sightings has grown. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/minisites/ufohunters UFOs are the biggest mystery of our time and somebody--or something--seems determined to keep it that way. Hundreds of UFO researchers and witnesses have told of terrifying encounters with mysterious men, usually dressed completely in black, who threaten terrible consequences if they don't keep silent. The Men in Black seem to appear out of nowhere, know facts the witnesses haven't divulged to anybody, and frequently display bizarre behavior, leading some to question whether they are in fact, human. The team interviews men who are only now willing to come forward to tell their stories. A sketch artist will create portraits of the MIB to see if the sightings match. The team will also analyze the only known photograph of a MIB and talk to the photographer. Finally, the team travels to "the new Area 51" in the Utah desert, to a site rumored to be the place where the MIB originate. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/minisites/ufohunters Area 51 is considered the ultimate top secret facility, one that UFO investigators believe houses an extraterrestrial secret. But is there an even more secretive facility? In Dugway, UT, there is a remote testing facility sometimes referred to as Area 52. UFO watchers in this part of Utah have witnessed strange phenomena at this military site for over 10 years, leading to speculation that much of Area 51's secretive work is now conducted at Area 52. The team examines video of bizarre beams of light seen shooting up from the area, meets with an astrophysicist who has charted mysterious cosmic rays operating out of Dugway, and analyzes photos that suggest something very strange is taking place. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/universe Without the moon, Earth would be a very different and desolate place today--four hours of sunlight with pitch-black nights, steady 100-mph winds spawning giant hurricanes that last for months, and virtually no complex life forms, much less humans. Safe to say, we probably owe our very existence to the moon. But what if it suddenly disappeared? Solar gravity redirects ocean water that floods coastal spots around the globe. Sea currents shift, resulting in freakish weather patterns. Eventually, earth's axis begins fluctuating wildly and climate change grows more extreme. The poles are tropical jungles and parts of the equator become frigid wastelands. Human evolution starts churning in unpredictable ways or ends completely. Without the moon, the Earth is a very different place. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/universe On alien planets, they rain from the sky as scalding iron. On distant moons, even at hundreds of degrees below zero, they slosh around in pristine lakes of methane. They can cover entire planets in miles-deep oceans of electrified hydrogen metal. Or erupt on alien worlds through miles-high geysers. They churn in the interiors of dead stars and even our own planet. They're so rare in the universe, they almost don't exist, but these are the magical liquids of our Liquid Universe. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/universe Ours is a universe of energy, from powerful jets ejected from black holes to the raw nuclear fury of our Sun. But, the total amount of energy in the universe maintains perfect equilibrium--no more can be added or taken away. Because of this, there are enormous amounts of energy being transferred...electric, thermal, kinetic and magnetic energy are just a few that keep our universe balanced--and create awesome cosmic events and stellar displays. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=502886 From a once seething, hellish mass of molten rock to the world that inhabits life today, take a rollercoaster ride through the entire history of Planet Earth. Its 4.5 billion year epic, a story of unimaginable timescales, earth-shattering forces, incredible life forms, radical climates and mass extinctions. Part 1 of 2. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=502970 We continue our look at how the continents were formed, canyons were carved, and why the world's animals live where they do. Part 2 of 2. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/universe On alien planets, they rain from the sky as scalding iron. On distant moons, even at hundreds of degrees below zero, they slosh around in pristine lakes of methane. They can cover entire planets in miles-deep oceans of electrified hydrogen metal. Or erupt on alien worlds through miles-high geysers. They churn in the interiors of dead stars and even our own planet. They're so rare in the universe, they almost don't exist, but these are the magical liquids of our Liquid Universe. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/universe Ours is a universe of energy, from powerful jets ejected from black holes to the raw nuclear fury of our Sun. But, the total amount of energy in the universe maintains perfect equilibrium--no more can be added or taken away. Because of this, there are enormous amounts of energy being transferred...electric, thermal, kinetic and magnetic energy are just a few that keep our universe balanced--and create awesome cosmic events and stellar displays. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=502886 From a once seething, hellish mass of molten rock to the world that inhabits life today, take a rollercoaster ride through the entire history of Planet Earth. Its 4.5 billion year epic, a story of unimaginable timescales, earth-shattering forces, incredible life forms, radical climates and mass extinctions. Part 1 of 2. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/universe On alien planets, they rain from the sky as scalding iron. On distant moons, even at hundreds of degrees below zero, they slosh around in pristine lakes of methane. They can cover entire planets in miles-deep oceans of electrified hydrogen metal. Or erupt on alien worlds through miles-high geysers. They churn in the interiors of dead stars and even our own planet. They're so rare in the universe, they almost don't exist, but these are the magical liquids of our Liquid Universe. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/universe Ours is a universe of energy, from powerful jets ejected from black holes to the raw nuclear fury of our Sun. But, the total amount of energy in the universe maintains perfect equilibrium--no more can be added or taken away. Because of this, there are enormous amounts of energy being transferred...electric, thermal, kinetic and magnetic energy are just a few that keep our universe balanced--and create awesome cosmic events and stellar displays. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=502886 From a once seething, hellish mass of molten rock to the world that inhabits life today, take a rollercoaster ride through the entire history of Planet Earth. Its 4.5 billion year epic, a story of unimaginable timescales, earth-shattering forces, incredible life forms, radical climates and mass extinctions. Part 1 of 2. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=502970 We continue our look at how the continents were formed, canyons were carved, and why the world's animals live where they do. Part 2 of 2. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=276662 Informational programming. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=276657 Informational programming. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=276662 Informational programming. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=276657 Informational programming. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=276662 Informational programming. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=276662 Informational programming. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/minisites/modernmarvels Here is the heroic story of a intrepid band of infantry soldiers, the "Tunnel Rats", charged with a daring mission--to search for, find, and destroy a secret subterranean network of enemy tunnels in Vietnam. Armed with only a flashlight, valor, and a .45, they faced a determined foe and overcame lethal odds, uncovering secret enemy arms and intelligence caches. Tragically, many of these volunteers died and others were seriously wounded on this terrifying suicide mission. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/minisite.do?content_type=mini_home&mini_id=57954 Aircraft Carrier USS Enterprise, destined to become the most decorated ship of World War ll, was the only carrier to be front and center in every major sea battle in the Pacific. The Enterprise and her crew engaged in some of the fiercest battles ever seen, marked by intense firepower, instinct and a 360-coordination between the carrier, the destroyers, the aircraft above and the submarines below. Follow the Enterprise and its men from the start of the war through to the last battle. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/minisite.do?content_type=mini_home&mini_id=57954 Destined to become the most decorated ship of World War II, USS Enterprise and sister carriers Yorktown and Hornet, turn the tide of the Pacific War. In just a few violent days in the waters off Midway Island, the American carrier fleet pulverizes the Imperial Japanese Navy. Enterprise helps secure one of America's first victories in World War II. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/minisite.do?content_type=mini_home&mini_id=57954 In the summer of 1942, the American Navy is on the offensive and the first strike is in the Solomon Islands, north of Australia. USS Enterprise supports the first American invasion of World War II as U.S. Marines storm ashore at Guadalcanal. The Japanese strike back with a vengeance and in a hellish slugfest the Enterprise suffers her worst battle damage yet. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/minisite.do?content_type=mini_home&mini_id=57954 Part two of the deadly saga of the Solomons plays out at the Santa Cruz Islands. In one terrible day of vicious combat, Enterprise loses her sister ship USS Hornet and suffers dozens of casualties as bombs nail her flight deck. When the smoke clears, Enterprise is the only American carrier left in the Pacific. For the U.S. Navy at Santa Cruz, survival becomes the ultimate battle. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/minisite.do?content_type=mini_home&mini_id=57954 November 1942. For the crew aboard USS Enterprise, the war has never been more personal. Enterprise is the only battle-ready American carrier left in the Pacific, and she and her crew are all that stand in the way of the Japanese. When the Imperial Navy tries to retake Guadalcanal, it's Enterprise that sends their transports and destroyers to a watery grave in Iron Bottom Sound. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/minisites/modernmarvels At 5:30 a.m., July 16, 1945, scientists and dignitaries awaited the detonation of the first atomic bomb in a desolate area of the New Mexico desert aptly known as "Jornada del Muerto" (Journey of Death). Dubbed the Manhattan Project, the top-secret undertaking was tackled with unprecedented speed and expense--almost $30-billion in today's money. Los Alamos scientists and engineers relate their trials, triumphs, and dark doubts about building the ultimate weapon of war in the interest of peace. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/minisite.do?content_type=mini_home&mini_id=57954 Aircraft Carrier USS Enterprise, destined to become the most decorated ship of World War ll, was the only carrier to be front and center in every major sea battle in the Pacific. The Enterprise and her crew engaged in some of the fiercest battles ever seen, marked by intense firepower, instinct and a 360-coordination between the carrier, the destroyers, the aircraft above and the submarines below. Follow the Enterprise and its men from the start of the war through to the last battle. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/minisite.do?content_type=mini_home&mini_id=57954 Destined to become the most decorated ship of World War II, USS Enterprise and sister carriers Yorktown and Hornet, turn the tide of the Pacific War. In just a few violent days in the waters off Midway Island, the American carrier fleet pulverizes the Imperial Japanese Navy. Enterprise helps secure one of America's first victories in World War II. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/minisite.do?content_type=mini_home&mini_id=57954 In the summer of 1942, the American Navy is on the offensive and the first strike is in the Solomon Islands, north of Australia. USS Enterprise supports the first American invasion of World War II as U.S. Marines storm ashore at Guadalcanal. The Japanese strike back with a vengeance and in a hellish slugfest the Enterprise suffers her worst battle damage yet. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/minisite.do?content_type=mini_home&mini_id=57954 Part two of the deadly saga of the Solomons plays out at the Santa Cruz Islands. In one terrible day of vicious combat, Enterprise loses her sister ship USS Hornet and suffers dozens of casualties as bombs nail her flight deck. When the smoke clears, Enterprise is the only American carrier left in the Pacific. For the U.S. Navy at Santa Cruz, survival becomes the ultimate battle. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/minisite.do?content_type=mini_home&mini_id=57954 November 1942. For the crew aboard USS Enterprise, the war has never been more personal. Enterprise is the only battle-ready American carrier left in the Pacific, and she and her crew are all that stand in the way of the Japanese. When the Imperial Navy tries to retake Guadalcanal, it's Enterprise that sends their transports and destroyers to a watery grave in Iron Bottom Sound. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/minisites/modernmarvels At 5:30 a.m., July 16, 1945, scientists and dignitaries awaited the detonation of the first atomic bomb in a desolate area of the New Mexico desert aptly known as "Jornada del Muerto" (Journey of Death). Dubbed the Manhattan Project, the top-secret undertaking was tackled with unprecedented speed and expense--almost $30-billion in today's money. Los Alamos scientists and engineers relate their trials, triumphs, and dark doubts about building the ultimate weapon of war in the interest of peace. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=481986 The Maya, an ancient South American culture, predicted that time would end in a violent apocalypse on December 21, 2012. They created an elaborate astronomical calendar called "The Long Count," which stops abruptly in 2012. This date, which is also the winter equinox, coincides with an incredibly rare galactic alignment that happens once every 26,000 years. What did the Mayans think would happen when their calendar ended? And were they joined by other cultures--from different parts of the world and in different centuries--all pointing to 2012 as a calamitous end time? The Hopi Indians and Eastern Hindus have similar calendars, which are remarkably synchronous. One counter-culture mystic even uses an Ancient Chinese philosophy to unlock the key to a 2012 prophecy. Nostradamus himself suggests the world is headed toward a coming cataclysm. What can we do to head the warning of the Mayan apocalypse? Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=502894 Less than 100 years after the birth of Christ, John the Apostle received a terrifying vision of Satan's final war against God--a horrific account of death and destruction that will bring about the end of human history. Heavy with symbolism, the prophecy describes a woman riding a monster with seven heads, and a Lamb releasing Four Horsemen that bring conquest, war, famine, and death. What has experts frightened is that many of the events that set the stage for Satan's rampage have already come true. Satan's wrath will be poured out upon the world in a series of cataclysms--earthquakes, pandemics, famine, and pestilence. What follows will be a massive battle with Satan's legion in a quest for world domination. All signs point to this occurring in our lifetime, a prophecy echoed by Nostradamus. Are we about to suffer the horrors of the Apocalypse? Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=502932 In one of the earliest documented serial murder cases, five prostitutes in the Whitechapel district of London were found brutally murdered with throats slashed and bodies mutilated. All the deaths were attributed to one man: Jack the Ripper. Never solved, the accepted theory is that the killer was a local madman. Now, 120 years later new evidence indicates two surprising new theories: the killer might have been a woman, or the killer was not English, but American. MysteryQuest's team of experts heads to London to follow these leads and examine the evidence first hand. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=488332 The lost city of Atlantis was said to be home to an advanced civilization that thrived almost 12,000 years ago. Some believe that those who lived in Atlantis may have been capable of space travel. But legend says the city disappeared suddenly and violently, swallowed by the ocean in a single day. For centuries, explorers and archaeologists have been trying to locate the submerged ruins of this legendary city. MysteryQuest's expedition team will reveal new sonar evidence of underwater structures discovered in the Atlantic Ocean. The team dives on these sites to retrieve samples and will use the latest technology and carbon dating analysis to explore whether they could be clues to uncovering the location of the lost city. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=481986 The Maya, an ancient South American culture, predicted that time would end in a violent apocalypse on December 21, 2012. They created an elaborate astronomical calendar called "The Long Count," which stops abruptly in 2012. This date, which is also the winter equinox, coincides with an incredibly rare galactic alignment that happens once every 26,000 years. What did the Mayans think would happen when their calendar ended? And were they joined by other cultures--from different parts of the world and in different centuries--all pointing to 2012 as a calamitous end time? The Hopi Indians and Eastern Hindus have similar calendars, which are remarkably synchronous. One counter-culture mystic even uses an Ancient Chinese philosophy to unlock the key to a 2012 prophecy. Nostradamus himself suggests the world is headed toward a coming cataclysm. What can we do to head the warning of the Mayan apocalypse? Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=502894 Less than 100 years after the birth of Christ, John the Apostle received a terrifying vision of Satan's final war against God--a horrific account of death and destruction that will bring about the end of human history. Heavy with symbolism, the prophecy describes a woman riding a monster with seven heads, and a Lamb releasing Four Horsemen that bring conquest, war, famine, and death. What has experts frightened is that many of the events that set the stage for Satan's rampage have already come true. Satan's wrath will be poured out upon the world in a series of cataclysms--earthquakes, pandemics, famine, and pestilence. What follows will be a massive battle with Satan's legion in a quest for world domination. All signs point to this occurring in our lifetime, a prophecy echoed by Nostradamus. Are we about to suffer the horrors of the Apocalypse? Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=502932 In one of the earliest documented serial murder cases, five prostitutes in the Whitechapel district of London were found brutally murdered with throats slashed and bodies mutilated. All the deaths were attributed to one man: Jack the Ripper. Never solved, the accepted theory is that the killer was a local madman. Now, 120 years later new evidence indicates two surprising new theories: the killer might have been a woman, or the killer was not English, but American. MysteryQuest's team of experts heads to London to follow these leads and examine the evidence first hand. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=481986 The Maya, an ancient South American culture, predicted that time would end in a violent apocalypse on December 21, 2012. They created an elaborate astronomical calendar called "The Long Count," which stops abruptly in 2012. This date, which is also the winter equinox, coincides with an incredibly rare galactic alignment that happens once every 26,000 years. What did the Mayans think would happen when their calendar ended? And were they joined by other cultures--from different parts of the world and in different centuries--all pointing to 2012 as a calamitous end time? The Hopi Indians and Eastern Hindus have similar calendars, which are remarkably synchronous. One counter-culture mystic even uses an Ancient Chinese philosophy to unlock the key to a 2012 prophecy. Nostradamus himself suggests the world is headed toward a coming cataclysm. What can we do to head the warning of the Mayan apocalypse? Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=502894 Less than 100 years after the birth of Christ, John the Apostle received a terrifying vision of Satan's final war against God--a horrific account of death and destruction that will bring about the end of human history. Heavy with symbolism, the prophecy describes a woman riding a monster with seven heads, and a Lamb releasing Four Horsemen that bring conquest, war, famine, and death. What has experts frightened is that many of the events that set the stage for Satan's rampage have already come true. Satan's wrath will be poured out upon the world in a series of cataclysms--earthquakes, pandemics, famine, and pestilence. What follows will be a massive battle with Satan's legion in a quest for world domination. All signs point to this occurring in our lifetime, a prophecy echoed by Nostradamus. Are we about to suffer the horrors of the Apocalypse? Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=502932 In one of the earliest documented serial murder cases, five prostitutes in the Whitechapel district of London were found brutally murdered with throats slashed and bodies mutilated. All the deaths were attributed to one man: Jack the Ripper. Never solved, the accepted theory is that the killer was a local madman. Now, 120 years later new evidence indicates two surprising new theories: the killer might have been a woman, or the killer was not English, but American. MysteryQuest's team of experts heads to London to follow these leads and examine the evidence first hand. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=488332 The lost city of Atlantis was said to be home to an advanced civilization that thrived almost 12,000 years ago. Some believe that those who lived in Atlantis may have been capable of space travel. But legend says the city disappeared suddenly and violently, swallowed by the ocean in a single day. For centuries, explorers and archaeologists have been trying to locate the submerged ruins of this legendary city. MysteryQuest's expedition team will reveal new sonar evidence of underwater structures discovered in the Atlantic Ocean. The team dives on these sites to retrieve samples and will use the latest technology and carbon dating analysis to explore whether they could be clues to uncovering the location of the lost city. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=276662 Informational programming. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=276657 Informational programming. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=276662 Informational programming. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=276657 Informational programming. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=276662 Informational programming. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=276662 Informational programming. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=203409 Topics covered this week include: Bailing Out (D.B. Cooper's mysterious getaway, the ejection seat, D-Day's paratrooper drop); Rebellion (deadliest US prison riot, Civil War Draft Riots, Gandhi's Salt March); Building Blocks (Pyramid at Giza, International Space Station); and Quixotic Quests (the Holy Grail, Fountain of Youth, and Loch Ness Monster). The "most moment" covers Alexander Graham Bell's first demonstration of electronic transmission of speech. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=182853 For nearly 400 years, street gangs have bullied their way across the American landscape. Fueled by immigration and the desire to live the American dream, street gangs have evolved from groups of petty criminals to ruthless multi-million-dollar drug cartels. We'll see how the need for a sense of belonging has driven many into the open arms of gangs. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=276843 In a 2-hour survey of Nazism in the US, we trace the history from the fairly benign organization that gave structure to newly-arrived German immigrants to today's neo-Nazis, who breach the borderline of free speech by using radical action to force their agenda of Aryan purity. It's also a history of the imperfection of American freedom. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=187037 Few crimes in American history are as notorious as the killings masterminded by Charles Manson during an August weekend in 1969. Vincent Bugliosi, the former Los Angeles district attorney who put Manson and his accomplices behind bars and wrote the best-selling account of the murders and the 41-week trial (Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders), presents his first-person account of one of the most shocking murder stories of the 20th century. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=276854 The Aryan Brotherhood has the distinction of being the deadliest gang in American history. They kill for hire or for free. They kill people who steal their drugs or those that owe them money. Maintaining the culture of terror that has solidified their power is their primary goal. Drugs, gambling, liquor and inmate prostitution earns them millions. From their beginnings in San Quentin Prison in 1964 to current trials of sixteen members in Los Angeles, discover the ultra-violent world that has largely gone unnoticed by the general public for the last forty years. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=182853 For nearly 400 years, street gangs have bullied their way across the American landscape. Fueled by immigration and the desire to live the American dream, street gangs have evolved from groups of petty criminals to ruthless multi-million-dollar drug cartels. We'll see how the need for a sense of belonging has driven many into the open arms of gangs. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=276843 In a 2-hour survey of Nazism in the US, we trace the history from the fairly benign organization that gave structure to newly-arrived German immigrants to today's neo-Nazis, who breach the borderline of free speech by using radical action to force their agenda of Aryan purity. It's also a history of the imperfection of American freedom. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=187037 Few crimes in American history are as notorious as the killings masterminded by Charles Manson during an August weekend in 1969. Vincent Bugliosi, the former Los Angeles district attorney who put Manson and his accomplices behind bars and wrote the best-selling account of the murders and the 41-week trial (Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders), presents his first-person account of one of the most shocking murder stories of the 20th century. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=276854 The Aryan Brotherhood has the distinction of being the deadliest gang in American history. They kill for hire or for free. They kill people who steal their drugs or those that owe them money. Maintaining the culture of terror that has solidified their power is their primary goal. Drugs, gambling, liquor and inmate prostitution earns them millions. From their beginnings in San Quentin Prison in 1964 to current trials of sixteen members in Los Angeles, discover the ultra-violent world that has largely gone unnoticed by the general public for the last forty years. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/content/gangland A gritty, true-life series exposing the world of history's most notorious and dangerous gangs. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/content/gangland A gritty, true-life series exposing the world of history's most notorious and dangerous gangs. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/ancientdiscoveries Some of the strangest and deadliest weapons ever built were prototypes of the modern gun. Find out whether a simple bamboo tube could have been the world's first gun. Hidden in an ancient manuscript lays a secret recipe for ancient tracer fire, but does it really work? How far and how high could the mega-mortar "Roaring Meg" have fired its shots to take out a Royalist stronghold? Can a team of experts discover the truth behind the bizarre battlefield phenomena of "wind of the cannonball," when men were seen to drop dead without apparently having been touched by a shot? And did a nine-barreled medieval volleygun mark the birth of the modern machine gun? Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/ancientdiscoveries Warfare was a way of life in the ancient world. The technology of war drove ancient inventors and engineers to ever-greater lengths to defeat their enemies. They were, perhaps, the greatest masterminds of the battlefield-- yet who were they, and how did they make their sophisticated lethal machines more than 2,000 years ago? Ancient warfare was every bit as technical and lethal as today's warfare. Just witness the colossal and lethal Helepolis ("city taker"), history's most sophisticated siege machine. From the sinister machines that could bring a city's wall crashing down to Greek Fire, the napalm of the ancient world--warfare was as terrible then as now. The sheer ingenuity and complexity with which these war machines were created proves that the people of the ancient world were great inventors, mathematicians, and engineers. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/content/gangland A gritty, true-life series exposing the world of history's most notorious and dangerous gangs. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/content/gangland A gritty, true-life series exposing the world of history's most notorious and dangerous gangs. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/ancientdiscoveries Some of the strangest and deadliest weapons ever built were prototypes of the modern gun. Find out whether a simple bamboo tube could have been the world's first gun. Hidden in an ancient manuscript lays a secret recipe for ancient tracer fire, but does it really work? How far and how high could the mega-mortar "Roaring Meg" have fired its shots to take out a Royalist stronghold? Can a team of experts discover the truth behind the bizarre battlefield phenomena of "wind of the cannonball," when men were seen to drop dead without apparently having been touched by a shot? And did a nine-barreled medieval volleygun mark the birth of the modern machine gun? Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/content/gangland A gritty, true-life series exposing the world of history's most notorious and dangerous gangs. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/content/gangland A gritty, true-life series exposing the world of history's most notorious and dangerous gangs. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/ancientdiscoveries Some of the strangest and deadliest weapons ever built were prototypes of the modern gun. Find out whether a simple bamboo tube could have been the world's first gun. Hidden in an ancient manuscript lays a secret recipe for ancient tracer fire, but does it really work? How far and how high could the mega-mortar "Roaring Meg" have fired its shots to take out a Royalist stronghold? Can a team of experts discover the truth behind the bizarre battlefield phenomena of "wind of the cannonball," when men were seen to drop dead without apparently having been touched by a shot? And did a nine-barreled medieval volleygun mark the birth of the modern machine gun? Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/ancientdiscoveries Warfare was a way of life in the ancient world. The technology of war drove ancient inventors and engineers to ever-greater lengths to defeat their enemies. They were, perhaps, the greatest masterminds of the battlefield-- yet who were they, and how did they make their sophisticated lethal machines more than 2,000 years ago? Ancient warfare was every bit as technical and lethal as today's warfare. Just witness the colossal and lethal Helepolis ("city taker"), history's most sophisticated siege machine. From the sinister machines that could bring a city's wall crashing down to Greek Fire, the napalm of the ancient world--warfare was as terrible then as now. The sheer ingenuity and complexity with which these war machines were created proves that the people of the ancient world were great inventors, mathematicians, and engineers. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=276662 Informational programming. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=276657 Informational programming. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=276662 Informational programming. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=276657 Informational programming. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=276662 Informational programming. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=276662 Informational programming. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/minisites/saveuorhistory In this episode of our Emmy Award-winning series, we profile the 2003 National Trust for Historic Preservation's 11 Most Endangered Sites. These historic locales that face extinction epitomize the American experience, spanning many cultures, regions, and eras. We talk to people both for and against saving the sites, which include: Minuteman National Historical Park and Environs, Bedford, Concord, Lexington, and Lincoln, Massachusetts; TWA Terminal at JFK National Airport, New York City; Bathhouse Row, Hot Springs National Park, Garland County, Arkansas; US Marine Hospital, Louisville, Kentucky; Amelia Earhart Memorial Bridge, Atchison, Kansas; and Michigan Boulevard Garden Apartments, Chicago, Illinois. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=502908 It sprung up overnight in August, 1961--a makeshift blockade separating repressive, Soviet-controlled East Berlin from the Allied-run democracy to the west. Soon the barrier encircled all of West Berlin, sealing its two million citizens off from the rest of the world. As escape attempts escalated, deadlier obstacles were added. Eventually, a 97-mile barrier, virtually impenetrable, snaked along the border between East and West Berlin. And 28 years later, it came down as unexpectedly as it went up. Observe the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall (November 9, 2009) with a dramatic look at how a line of railway cars and barbed wire evolved into the massively fortified fortress that came to symbolize the Cold War. Computer-generated imagery, re-enactments, archival footage, and expert commentary provide political and historical context while helping to illustrate how construction progressed over time--and how it was suddenly demolished by civilians in 1989. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/minisites/megamovers The towering 80-ton statues on Easter Island and the 800-ton trilithon stones of the Roman God of Thunder's Temple are examples of ancient engineering miracles that would appear to be too heavy to move. Scientists and engineers search for clues and set out to solve the mysteries of how primitive man pushed the limits of ingenuity and pulled off the impossible. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/minisites/modernmarvels Disasters investigated include: the 1984 Union Carbide debacle in Bhopal, India, where a toxic chemical release killed 3,800 people and left 11,000 with disabling respiratory ailments; and the 2003 sudden collapse of a 10-story parking garage at the Tropicana in Atlantic City, New Jersey that killed four and injured 20. We find out why a series of structures in Hutchinson, Kansas mysteriously caught fire and exploded in 2001; and examine the 1933 construction of a canal ordered by Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin that later proved to be nearly useless and cost many lives. And we get to the bottom of a maritime mystery, when a tanker carrying non-explosive materials in San Francisco Bay blew up in 1983. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/minisites/modernmarvels In Milwaukee, 104 died after drinking contaminated tap water. At Texas A&M, a tradition turned tragic when a pile of bonfire logs collapsed onto its builders. Thousands of US soldiers expired in known WWII deathtraps--Sherman Tanks. In 1973, 14 men working on a 26-story building died when supports were removed from wet concrete. And in 1993, Denver's "dream" airport became a nightmare when its baggage-handling system ran amok. Aided by computer graphics, catastrophe footage, and visits to the locations today, MIT scientists, Center for Disease Control experts, WWII vets, bonfire builders, and construction engineers explain these tragedies and measures taken to prevent them in future. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/minisites/modernmarvels What happens when the calculations of builders and engineers prove wrong and their constructs come tumbling down? In this episode, we examine the 1987 failure of the Schoharie Creek Bridge in New York; the partial destruction by a runaway freighter of the Riverwalk Marketplace in New Orleans in 1996; the roof collapse of the Rosemont Horizon Arena in Illinois in 1979; the deadliest grain-dust explosion on record in Westwego, Louisiana, when a grain elevator exploded in 1977; and the crash of the British R101 airship in the 1920s. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=502908 It sprung up overnight in August, 1961--a makeshift blockade separating repressive, Soviet-controlled East Berlin from the Allied-run democracy to the west. Soon the barrier encircled all of West Berlin, sealing its two million citizens off from the rest of the world. As escape attempts escalated, deadlier obstacles were added. Eventually, a 97-mile barrier, virtually impenetrable, snaked along the border between East and West Berlin. And 28 years later, it came down as unexpectedly as it went up. Observe the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall (November 9, 2009) with a dramatic look at how a line of railway cars and barbed wire evolved into the massively fortified fortress that came to symbolize the Cold War. Computer-generated imagery, re-enactments, archival footage, and expert commentary provide political and historical context while helping to illustrate how construction progressed over time--and how it was suddenly demolished by civilians in 1989. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/minisites/megamovers The towering 80-ton statues on Easter Island and the 800-ton trilithon stones of the Roman God of Thunder's Temple are examples of ancient engineering miracles that would appear to be too heavy to move. Scientists and engineers search for clues and set out to solve the mysteries of how primitive man pushed the limits of ingenuity and pulled off the impossible. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/minisites/modernmarvels Disasters investigated include: the 1984 Union Carbide debacle in Bhopal, India, where a toxic chemical release killed 3,800 people and left 11,000 with disabling respiratory ailments; and the 2003 sudden collapse of a 10-story parking garage at the Tropicana in Atlantic City, New Jersey that killed four and injured 20. We find out why a series of structures in Hutchinson, Kansas mysteriously caught fire and exploded in 2001; and examine the 1933 construction of a canal ordered by Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin that later proved to be nearly useless and cost many lives. And we get to the bottom of a maritime mystery, when a tanker carrying non-explosive materials in San Francisco Bay blew up in 1983. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/minisites/modernmarvels In Milwaukee, 104 died after drinking contaminated tap water. At Texas A&M, a tradition turned tragic when a pile of bonfire logs collapsed onto its builders. Thousands of US soldiers expired in known WWII deathtraps--Sherman Tanks. In 1973, 14 men working on a 26-story building died when supports were removed from wet concrete. And in 1993, Denver's "dream" airport became a nightmare when its baggage-handling system ran amok. Aided by computer graphics, catastrophe footage, and visits to the locations today, MIT scientists, Center for Disease Control experts, WWII vets, bonfire builders, and construction engineers explain these tragedies and measures taken to prevent them in future. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/minisites/modernmarvels What happens when the calculations of builders and engineers prove wrong and their constructs come tumbling down? In this episode, we examine the 1987 failure of the Schoharie Creek Bridge in New York; the partial destruction by a runaway freighter of the Riverwalk Marketplace in New Orleans in 1996; the roof collapse of the Rosemont Horizon Arena in Illinois in 1979; the deadliest grain-dust explosion on record in Westwego, Louisiana, when a grain elevator exploded in 1977; and the crash of the British R101 airship in the 1920s. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/ancientdiscoveries Assault from the air didn't begin with the era of the airplane. Take a look back at early methods of airborne attack. The kite bomb was a medieval siege weapon that dropped bombs from a kite over cities. We'll build one and test it with startling new insights and success. Ancient bouncing bombs that actually skipped across water--the forerunners of the famous Dam Buster projectiles--terrorized shipping in Turkey in 1453. Learn the secrets of ancient China's whistling arrows--used by commanders to direct the flow of a battle. Investigate the world's earliest rocket-powered explosive missile from the ancient battlefields of China. Finally, in one of the most dramatic tests ever conducted, we'll build the earliest known successful parachute and drops a skydiver from 6,000 feet. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=502988 A marauding barbarian with a reputation as one of history's monsters, even today Attila's name is a synonym for savagery. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=502898 In days of old, if your army had to take on a huge stone castles there was only one option: bunker busting siege weapons like the giant crossbow known as the Ballista and the fearsome Trebuchet! These weapons hurled rocks and flaming kegs to cause mayhem and smash through walls. Today the siege tradition continues, with our military using high-explosives to blow the bad guys out of their foxholes. First, Gunny let's loose massive boulders from an ancient trebuchet catapult against an enemy castle. Then he gets his hands on some old-style gunpowder and recreates the big bangs that were used to bring down enemy bunkers, all the time instructed by committed experts who revel in the history of these amazing weapons. Gunny also visits today's bunker busters--military engineers who bust under, over, and into enemy strongholds. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=502896 Between 1939 and `45, the world was locked in a nightmare struggle of unprecedented ferocity. When the smoke from WWII cleared, bizarre stories emerged of extraordinary armaments dreamt up by both sides' most inventive minds--weird weapons unlike anything before. New ways of bringing destruction to the enemy were born of desperation and wild imagination. And in a world gone mad, nothing seemed too strange to try. Axis powers tested a strange range of weapons: a vortex cannon designed to tear wings off aircraft, an assault rifle that could shoot round corners, a death ray that could boil people alive, and most bizarre of all, an army in space. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/ancientdiscoveries Assault from the air didn't begin with the era of the airplane. Take a look back at early methods of airborne attack. The kite bomb was a medieval siege weapon that dropped bombs from a kite over cities. We'll build one and test it with startling new insights and success. Ancient bouncing bombs that actually skipped across water--the forerunners of the famous Dam Buster projectiles--terrorized shipping in Turkey in 1453. Learn the secrets of ancient China's whistling arrows--used by commanders to direct the flow of a battle. Investigate the world's earliest rocket-powered explosive missile from the ancient battlefields of China. Finally, in one of the most dramatic tests ever conducted, we'll build the earliest known successful parachute and drops a skydiver from 6,000 feet. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=502988 A marauding barbarian with a reputation as one of history's monsters, even today Attila's name is a synonym for savagery. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=502898 In days of old, if your army had to take on a huge stone castles there was only one option: bunker busting siege weapons like the giant crossbow known as the Ballista and the fearsome Trebuchet! These weapons hurled rocks and flaming kegs to cause mayhem and smash through walls. Today the siege tradition continues, with our military using high-explosives to blow the bad guys out of their foxholes. First, Gunny let's loose massive boulders from an ancient trebuchet catapult against an enemy castle. Then he gets his hands on some old-style gunpowder and recreates the big bangs that were used to bring down enemy bunkers, all the time instructed by committed experts who revel in the history of these amazing weapons. Gunny also visits today's bunker busters--military engineers who bust under, over, and into enemy strongholds. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/ancientdiscoveries Assault from the air didn't begin with the era of the airplane. Take a look back at early methods of airborne attack. The kite bomb was a medieval siege weapon that dropped bombs from a kite over cities. We'll build one and test it with startling new insights and success. Ancient bouncing bombs that actually skipped across water--the forerunners of the famous Dam Buster projectiles--terrorized shipping in Turkey in 1453. Learn the secrets of ancient China's whistling arrows--used by commanders to direct the flow of a battle. Investigate the world's earliest rocket-powered explosive missile from the ancient battlefields of China. Finally, in one of the most dramatic tests ever conducted, we'll build the earliest known successful parachute and drops a skydiver from 6,000 feet. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=502988 A marauding barbarian with a reputation as one of history's monsters, even today Attila's name is a synonym for savagery. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=502898 In days of old, if your army had to take on a huge stone castles there was only one option: bunker busting siege weapons like the giant crossbow known as the Ballista and the fearsome Trebuchet! These weapons hurled rocks and flaming kegs to cause mayhem and smash through walls. Today the siege tradition continues, with our military using high-explosives to blow the bad guys out of their foxholes. First, Gunny let's loose massive boulders from an ancient trebuchet catapult against an enemy castle. Then he gets his hands on some old-style gunpowder and recreates the big bangs that were used to bring down enemy bunkers, all the time instructed by committed experts who revel in the history of these amazing weapons. Gunny also visits today's bunker busters--military engineers who bust under, over, and into enemy strongholds. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=502896 Between 1939 and `45, the world was locked in a nightmare struggle of unprecedented ferocity. When the smoke from WWII cleared, bizarre stories emerged of extraordinary armaments dreamt up by both sides' most inventive minds--weird weapons unlike anything before. New ways of bringing destruction to the enemy were born of desperation and wild imagination. And in a world gone mad, nothing seemed too strange to try. Axis powers tested a strange range of weapons: a vortex cannon designed to tear wings off aircraft, an assault rifle that could shoot round corners, a death ray that could boil people alive, and most bizarre of all, an army in space. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=276662 Informational programming. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=276657 Informational programming. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=276662 Informational programming. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=276657 Informational programming. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=276662 Informational programming. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=276662 Informational programming. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=373170 Recognizing the huge risk in capturing German-held ports in occupied France, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill issued his famous memo--"Piers for use on Beaches"--outlining the most audacious engineering feat of WWII. The Allies built and towed two enormous harbors across 100 miles of Nazi-infested waters as they launched the invasion of Europe in June 1944. Bogged down by political infighting, Project Mulberry triumphed despite the odds, beating off Hitler and the elements! Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=472754 In Greek mythology, ancient Greece's most powerful god wages an epic struggle against his father for control of the universe. It's the ultimate power struggle as the Olympians challenge the Titans in mythology's greatest showdown. This is a pivotal battle that experts believe may have been ancient code for a real world event--one of the greatest natural disasters the Earth ever experienced. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=295716 After Custer, Thermopylae is the most famous last stand in history. In a narrow pass in Northern Greece, seven thousand Greek soldiers await an onslaught of epic proportions. They will soon face the largest fighting force ever assembled--the war machine of the mighty Persian Empire, estimated at over a million men. The Greeks are led by three hundred of the most ferocious warriors of the ancient world--the Spartans. Their leader is the fearless King Leonidas, who after this battle would be catapulted into legend. When it is over, every Spartan in the pass will have sacrificed his life for freedom. Creating a fresh visual style and using new technologies we will dramatically recreate the significant events that lead to Thermopylae and the clash of arms. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=502988 A marauding barbarian with a reputation as one of history's monsters, even today Attila's name is a synonym for savagery. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=503012 This young Roman emperor had a fearsome reputation as a sadist, a murderer...and a raving lunatic. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=488322 It is the most personal yet ubiquitous weapon of all time. It has evolved from a crude ballistic pipe to a fifteen-rounds-per-second jet of bullets. It is the rifle--and R. Lee Ermey is taking a second shot at this battlefield boomstick! Gunny gets hands-on with America's most proven and famous firearms--like the M1 Garand, 1853 Enfield and the 1903 Springfield. Plus, advanced 3D graphics take us deep inside the workings of rifles. Gunny also tests which rifles were the greatest through history. Comparing weapons like the American M16 and Soviet AK-47...in a cold war shoot out! You will also meet the experts, engineers and warriors who use these weapons, as Gunny crosses America to show you the engineering evolution that lead to today's rifle. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=502940 When today's warriors go toe-to-toe in combat the weapon they rely on is the machine gun. From the crude machines of the 19th century to the slick weapons of today, Gunny takes us on a journey that looks at the engineering development of this rapid-fire battle winner. Learn how the "potato digger" machine gun got it's name, and why a hand held gun developed in 1965 is still the weapon of choice for the toughest warriors on the planet. Ermey compares the machine guns that stormed the beaches of D-Day--the Bren gun and the B.A.R.--with a classic shooting match. Then, Gunny cuts loose with the Special Forces wonder weapon, the MP-5, as used by the British SAS and American Navy Seals. Not only will you see these weapons in action, but with cutting-edge 3D GFX you will go inside the weapons--to see close up and personal the mechanism, operation and evolution of the machine gun. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=502898 In days of old, if your army had to take on a huge stone castles there was only one option: bunker busting siege weapons like the giant crossbow known as the Ballista and the fearsome Trebuchet! These weapons hurled rocks and flaming kegs to cause mayhem and smash through walls. Today the siege tradition continues, with our military using high-explosives to blow the bad guys out of their foxholes. First, Gunny let's loose massive boulders from an ancient trebuchet catapult against an enemy castle. Then he gets his hands on some old-style gunpowder and recreates the big bangs that were used to bring down enemy bunkers, all the time instructed by committed experts who revel in the history of these amazing weapons. Gunny also visits today's bunker busters--military engineers who bust under, over, and into enemy strongholds. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=502912 By the time Jesse James was killed in 1882, he'd stolen over a million and a half dollars according to some estimates--gold, coins and cash that could be worth over $50 million today. History often paints James as a clever outlaw who stole money to finance a lavish criminal lifestyle, a man whose sixteen year long crime spree came to a dramatic halt in 1882 when a fellow gang member betrayed him and shot him dead in the back of the head. But now, a treasure hunt may reveal a totally new story. Was Jesse really stealing for himself, or was he actually secreting away large sums of wealth, in order to finance one of the most clandestine secret societies in American history? Follow a team of treasure hunters searching for where he stashed his riches... and a new truth about Jesse James. Their discoveries may not only re-write the history of why Jesse stole, it could also raise new questions about his death. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/minisites/modernmarvels Known to Irish monks as "water of life", visit some of the world's finest distilleries to see how each country brews this thousand-year old spirit. Jack Daniels tells the secret of charcoal filtering, Jim Beam shows its premium bourbons and the art of blending is revealed at Canadian Club Whiskey. Cross the Atlantic to get the real deal at Jameson's Distillery in Midleton, Ireland and in Scotland discover what gives Glenlivet its character. Meet some of the people who are lucky enough to sample whiskey for a living. Cheers! Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=366840 Asteroids on a collision course with Earth, super volcanoes, global warming, killer viruses--all are potential catastrophes that threaten to wipe out life on our planet. Are these simply natural disasters that have been occurring since time immemorial? Or are these threats terrifying prophesies from the Bible that are at last coming true? Are our fears overblown? Or are the infamous Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse riding among us in a countdown to Armageddon? Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=502928 For as long as mankind has questioned his own beginnings, he has been obsessed with how it will all end. Stephen Wohlberg is a Californian preacher who eagerly awaits--along with his wife and young children--the apocalyptic end of the world. Two British researchers propose a new theory and show new evidence that Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed by the fallout from an asteroid impact over 5,000 years ago. They believe the event was so devastating that it left a mark in every single Mediterranean religion, and actually gave birth to Western ideas of the Apocalypse. Today, global destruction does not require divine intervention: former Soviet nuclear defense specialist Stanislav Petrov tells the story of the day he saved the world from World War III. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=280245 At 7:15AM on June 30, 1908, a giant fireball, as bright the Sun, explodes in the Siberian sky with a force a thousand times greater than the Hiroshima bomb. It decimates 1,000 square miles of forest--over half the size of Rhode Island, and was the biggest cosmic disaster in the history of civilization. What caused the apocalyptic fire in the sky? Over a hundred theories surround what is called the Tunguska event, varying from asteroids and comets to black holes and alien spaceships. Most scientists agree the Tunguska event will happen again, and next time, the human toll could be unimaginable. Now, NASA and other organizations race against time to stop the next planet killer before it ignites Armageddon. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=366840 Asteroids on a collision course with Earth, super volcanoes, global warming, killer viruses--all are potential catastrophes that threaten to wipe out life on our planet. Are these simply natural disasters that have been occurring since time immemorial? Or are these threats terrifying prophesies from the Bible that are at last coming true? Are our fears overblown? Or are the infamous Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse riding among us in a countdown to Armageddon? Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=502928 For as long as mankind has questioned his own beginnings, he has been obsessed with how it will all end. Stephen Wohlberg is a Californian preacher who eagerly awaits--along with his wife and young children--the apocalyptic end of the world. Two British researchers propose a new theory and show new evidence that Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed by the fallout from an asteroid impact over 5,000 years ago. They believe the event was so devastating that it left a mark in every single Mediterranean religion, and actually gave birth to Western ideas of the Apocalypse. Today, global destruction does not require divine intervention: former Soviet nuclear defense specialist Stanislav Petrov tells the story of the day he saved the world from World War III. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:04:01 EST