Early 20th Century U.S.

Two years before the Triangle Fire, Clara Lemlich urged thousands at Cooper Union to strike for safer garment factory conditions.

Follow a team of wreck divers on an expedition to the sunken Britannica, the ship known as the sister to the ill-fated Titanic.

Weighing the evidence and first hand accounts, a team of researchers attempts to discover the causes and truth behind the wrecks of the Titanic and the Britannic.

The sinking of the Titanic was one of history's most tragic disasters—but could it have been avoided?

Explore Margaret “Mollie” Brown’s life after the Titanic, including her activism and early run for office.

Naval architect Roger Long breaks down Titanic's structure to gain better insight into how and why the "unsinkable" ship sank.

This video clip from 'What Happened After' looks at the life of Fredrick Fleet, the infamous lookout aboard the Titanic who first saw the iceberg that would sink the ship.

When the "unsinkable" ocean liner Titanic was lost after hitting an iceberg on April 15, 1912, lifeboats saved only 700 of her passengers. What did the 1,500 people who went down with the ship experience in the icy waters of the North Atlantic?

Violet Jessup, a stewardess on the Titanic, became the only woman to survive its sinking and that of its sister ship, Britannic.

In this History Channel video experience the Titanic wreck and corroded metal and debris everywhere. These are only a few things that a person will see when he examines what remains of the Titanic Ralph White, a master cinematographer, explains his past and present voyages to the wreckage of the Titanic. With forty years of experience, and ten past expeditions into the dark depths of the ocean, White learns something new every time he studies the remains of the Titanic. Through his research, dives, and discoveries, Ralph White hopes to one day fill in the blanks in history about what really happened to the "unsinkable" ship.

In the 1930s, car companies turned to some pretty strange tactics to earn back American consumers after the Great Depression. In 1938, Chevrolet released this pirate-themed cartoon, featuring the company's new Master sedan.

A graduate of Yale University, Clifford Beers founded the Clifford Beers Clinic in 1913, America's first outpatient mental health clinic. His work would establish a foundation for caring for people suffering with mental illness in America.

The secrets of Houdini—born Erik Weisz—are uncovered, along with insights into his early childhood.

In the early 1900s, Ladies' Home Journal took up a crusade against homework, enlisting doctors and parents who say it damages children's health. In 1901 California passed a law abolishing homework!

Louella Gallagher is not the prototypical mother of the 1950s. Her daughters Connie Ann, age 5, and Colleena Sue, age 2.5, serve as props in a knife-throwing act that would be considered a bit too risky by today's standards.

A chronicle of a tragic fire that occurred at New York City's Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in 1911.

Learn more about the history of big banks.

With just 37 seconds to react, could Titanic have avoided disaster—or was the tragedy inevitable?