The 5-Day Work Week: How We Got Here
A 40-hour, five-day work week is now standard for full-time jobs in America, but that wasn't true until the 1930s.
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8 Incredible Roman Technologies
8 Incredible Roman Technologies
8 Incredible Roman Technologies
All roads lead to Rome - and so do these tech trees! From the newspaper to the vending machine, these are 8 amazing Roman technological innovations, in this episode of History Countdown.
This Day in History
This Day in History
Who Said It?
Who Said It?
Basically, I have been compelled by curiosity.-Mary Leakey
Life is a great adventure…accept it in such a spirit.-Theodore Roosevelt
Work, Work, Work
Work, Work, Work
Minimum Wage in America: A Timeline
Since 1938, the U.S. federal government has established that workers are entitled to a base hourly wage. Which workers receive that minimum—and how much—has remained a political issue.
The Haymarket Riot: When a Protest Against Anti-Labor Police Brutality Turned Violent
Take a look back at one of the controversial chapters in America’s 19th-century labor movement.
Knights of Labor
The Knights of Labor, founded in 1869, was a prominent national labor organization that advocated for worker protections.
The 1936 Sit-Down Strike That Shook the Auto Industry
Over 136,000 GM workers participated in the strike in Flint, Michigan that became known as 'the strike heard round the world.'
Historian Yohuru Williams gives a crash course on a riot in Chicago's Haymarket Square that changed the labor movement in the United States.
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HISTORY Shorts
HISTORY Shorts
We love apples! And in the colonial era, we loved them so much, we used hard apple cider as payment.
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From naked athletes to foot-only races, these are 10 surprising facts you didn’t know about the ancient Olympics.
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A camping trip in 1903 might be the most influential in history! John Muir and Teddy Roosevelt spent three nights in Yosemite. Muir would convince Roosevelt to protect Yosemite, paving the way for a National Park Service.
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From its bullpen origins to becoming a cultural icon, find out how the shredded bubble gum designed for baseball players changed the candy industry forever.
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Who's Making History
Who's Making History
Jack Black
Black's 34-second song from ‘A Minecraft Movie’ is the shortest to ever chart the Billboard Hot 100.
Lucy Guo
The AI Founder is now considered the world's youngest self-made woman billionaire.
John Cena
The wrestler claimed the WWE Championship for a record 17th time, becoming the most decorated in WWE history.
Kevin Costner's The West
Kevin Costner's The West
Coming Soon
Delve into the epic history of the American West and how the desperate struggle for the land still shapes the America we know today. The series premieres Memorial Day at 9/8c and streams the next day.
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