HISTORY

We're uncovering some of the biggest secrets in history. New season premieres Monday. #SecretsDeclassified

What lies beneath? David Duchovny takes us into the top-secret government bases and the clandestine operations they were built to conceal. New episodes Friday. #SecretsDeclassified

Project Blue Book was sent to investigate. We'll uncover this mystery. New episodes Friday. #SecretsDeclassified

Four Black college students sparked a sit-in movement across the South by refusing to leave a “whites-only” lunch counter on #ThisDayInHistory in 1960. The students – Ezell Blair Jr., Franklin McCain, Joseph McNeil, and David Richmond – became known as the “Greensboro Four.” #greensborositin

Steve retraces the perilous journey of the Donner Party. What was different with the Donner party and why did they get stranded? #HuntingHistory #DonnerParty

In the evening on #ThisDayInHistory in 1865, John Wilkes Booth, a famous actor and Confederate sympathizer, assassinated President Abraham Lincoln. The attack came only five days after Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered, effectively ending the American Civil War. News of the president’s death traveled quickly, and by the end of the day flags across the country flew at half-mast, businesses were closed and people who had recently rejoiced at the end of the Civil War now reeled from Lincoln’s shocking assassination. To learn more, visit the link in our bio. #AbrahamLincoln #civilwarhistory #americanhistory

How did Selma’s ‘Bloody Sunday’ become a turning point in the civil rights movement? Visit the link in our bio to learn more 🔗 #civilrightsmovement

What are you doing this Valentine’s Day? Any grand gestures? Let’s take a look back in history at some of the most iconic grand gestures. #ValentinesDay

Rosa Parks, just a few months after Claudette Colvin, helped kick off the Montgomery Bus Boycott. #history #rosaparks

Black inventors changed the way we live through their many innovations. For more inventions, visit the link in our bio. #blackhistorymonth #inventions

When disaster struck the Titanic on #ThisDayInHistory in 1912, a network of people mobilized to help save lives and care for survivors. #titanic

Future President Thomas Jefferson was born on April 13, 1743. Did you know, over the course of his life, Jefferson acquired what was probably the largest personal collection of books in the country. He sold this collection, containing nearly 6,500 volumes to the U.S. government after the British burned the Library of Congress during the War of 1812. To learn more about #ThomasJefferson visit the link in our bio.

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At the dawn of the 20th century people experimented with sending children through the mail. 📬 New episodes of The Unbelievable begin TONIGHT. #TheUnbelievable

Eighty years ago on #ThisDayinHistory in 1945, during World War II, Allied planes began the bombing of Dresden, Germany. The attacks stand among the most controversial Allied actions of World War II. To learn more about the firebombing of Dresden, visit the link in our bio.