10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America is a ten-hour, ten-part television miniseries that aired on the History Channel from April 9 through April 14, 2006. The material was later adapted and published as a book by the same title.
Overview The ten days featured in the series, in chronological order. The book and television series take different approaches to analyzing these events.
List of episodes Episode number EventDate of Event1 The Mystic Massacre of the Pequot War May 26, 16372 Shays' Rebellion in Western Massachusetts led by Daniel Shays January 25, 17873 The beginning of the California Gold Rush when people were moving from East to West January 24, 18484 The Battle of Antietam during the American Civil War September 17, 18625 The Homestead Strike in Homestead, Pennsylvania July 6, 18926 The assassination of President William McKinley September 6, 19017 The Scopes trial about teaching evolution in the schools of Dayton, Tennessee July 21, 19258 Albert Einstein signs a letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt urging him to explore nuclear weapons July 16, 19399 Elvis Presley appears on The Ed Sullivan Show September 9, 195610 Civil rights workers James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner are murdered in Philadelphia, Mississippi June 21, 1964
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