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The Secret Plot to Kill Lincoln
During his inauguration tour in 1861, the president's life was threatened in the city of Baltimore (4:26)
Behind the Scenes of a Historic Photo Shoot
What did it take to pull together a draft of the Emancipation Proclamation, Lincoln's inkwell and his pen? (3:05)
Anne Kelly Knowles Uses GIS Tools to Re-Write History
The American Ingenuity Award winner is using geographic information systems to map history's most iconic landscapes (1:51)
Anne Kelly Knowles: 2012 Smithsonian American Ingenuity Awards
By using cutting-edge technology in the field of geography, this Middlebury College professor can see into the past (1:32)
How One Soccer Team Defeated the Nazis
FC Start, a group of soccer players living in Nazi-occupied Kiev, used the game to find hope and inspire their fellow countrymen. (20:04)
Karen King on the Meaning of Her Discovery
The divinity professor explains the nuance behind the suggestion in the fragment that Jesus was married (2:29)
Remembering the Dark Days of the Cuban Missile Crisis
Former CIA analyst Dino Brugioni was one of the first to spot missiles in Cuba in October 1962 (3:09)
Historic Newsreel Footage of the Cuban Missile Crisis
Tensions intensified between Cuba and the United States in October 1962 as they appear destined to plunge the planet in global war (6:04)
Decoding the National Cryptologic Museum
Using the Enigma and the Sigaba, world powers encrypted their messages in hopes of catching their opponents by surprise (2:34)
Sawyer in the City
Twain and his fireman friend treated the streets of San Francisco as their stomping grounds
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