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Bay of Pigs 60th Anniversary

Sixty years ago, on April 17, 1961, a force of more than 1,400 CIA-trained Cuban exiles launched an invasion at the Bay of Pigs on…
April 10, 2021
Vietnam, Walter Cronkite and Public Opinion

On February 27, 1968, CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite closed a special report on Vietnam with a pessimistic assessment of the U.S. war effort. Mr.…

April 18, 2020
Oklahoma City Bombing FBI Interviews

On April 19, 1995, a massive truck bomb exploded outside the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City,…
December 7, 2014
Branch Davidian Standoff

Professor Bill Pitts talked about the history of the Branch Davidians and the standoff, as well as Charles Pace, a member of the group and…

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Wednesday
7:23AM EDTThe Presidency Abraham Lincoln & the 1860 Election
8:18AM EDTThe Presidency Portraying Abraham Lincoln
9:17AM EDTAmerican Artifacts The House Where Lincoln Died
9:48AM EDT1830s Cholera Epidemic and Indian Removal
8:02PM EDTOral Histories Vietnam War Veteran Clyde Romero
9:46PM EDTOral Histories Vietnam War Correspondent Joseph Galloway
11:29PM EDTOral Histories Vietnam War Veteran David Taylor
Thursday
12:51AM EDTOral Histories Red Cross "Donut Dolly" Camilla Meyerson
2:11AM EDTOral Histories Vietnam War Veteran Clyde Romero
3:54AM EDTOral Histories Vietnam War Correspondent Joseph Galloway
5:36AM EDTOral Histories Vietnam War Veteran David Taylor
6:58AM EDTOral Histories Red Cross "Donut Dolly" Camilla Meyerson
8:18AM EDTOral Histories Vietnam War Veteran Clyde Romero
9:58AM EDTJay Smith "Cheated"
8:02PM EDTBay of Pigs 60th Anniversary
9:03PM EDTReel America "Cuba, Bay of Pigs" - 1964
9:49PM EDTReel America Universal Newsreels on Cuba, 1959-1961
10:08PM EDTReel America "Cuba - The Battle of America" - 1960
10:59PM EDTHistory Bookshelf Jim Rasenberger, "The Brilliant Disaster"
Friday
12:01AM EDTAttempts to Overthrow Cuban Leader Fidel Castro
1:31AM EDTBay of Pigs 60th Anniversary
2:33AM EDTReel America "Cuba, Bay of Pigs" - 1964
3:18AM EDTReel America Universal Newsreels on Cuba, 1959-1961
3:37AM EDTReel America "Cuba - The Battle of America" - 1960
4:29AM EDTHistory Bookshelf Jim Rasenberger, "The Brilliant Disaster"
5:30AM EDTAttempts to Overthrow Cuban Leader Fidel Castro
7:03AM EDTBay of Pigs 60th Anniversary
8:04AM EDTReel America "Cuba, Bay of Pigs" - 1964
8:50AM EDTReel America Universal Newsreels on Cuba, 1959-1961
9:09AM EDTReel America "Cuba - The Battle of America" - 1960
10:01AM EDTHistory Bookshelf Jim Rasenberger, "The Brilliant Disaster"
11:02AM EDTAttempts to Overthrow Cuban Leader Fidel Castro
12:33PM EDTBay of Pigs 60th Anniversary
1:35PM EDTReel America "Cuba, Bay of Pigs" - 1964
2:20PM EDTReel America Universal Newsreels on Cuba, 1959-1961
2:39PM EDTReel America "Cuba - The Battle of America" - 1960
3:31PM EDTHistory Bookshelf Jim Rasenberger, "The Brilliant Disaster"
4:32PM EDTAttempts to Overthrow Cuban Leader Fidel Castro
6:05PM EDTBay of Pigs 60th Anniversary
7:06PM EDTReel America "Cuba, Bay of Pigs" - 1964
8:00PM EDT1919 "Black Sox" World Series Fix
9:09PM EDTAmerican Artifacts Baseball in America - Origins & Early Days
9:28PM EDTAmerican Artifacts Baseball in America - Origins of the Modern Game
9:56PM EDTBoston Red Sox & World War II
10:57PM EDTBaseball & American Cities
11:54PM EDT1919 "Black Sox" World Series Fix
Saturday
1:10AM EDTAmerican Artifacts Baseball in America - Origins & Early Days
1:29AM EDTAmerican Artifacts Baseball in America - Origins of the Modern Game
1:56AM EDTBoston Red Sox & World War II
2:57AM EDTBaseball & American Cities
3:54AM EDT1919 "Black Sox" World Series Fix
5:03AM EDTAmerican Artifacts Baseball in America - Origins & Early Days
5:22AM EDTAmerican Artifacts Baseball in America - Origins of the Modern Game
5:50AM EDTBoston Red Sox & World War II
6:51AM EDTBaseball & American Cities
8:00AM EDT19th Century Irish Immigration
9:10AM EDTStories from a U.S. Capitol Tour Guide
10:00AM EDTAmerican Artifacts The House Where Lincoln Died
10:30AM EDTYoung Americans' Reponse to the Nazi Threat
11:10AM EDTFrederick Douglass in Ireland
11:46AM EDTGlass City
12:00PM EDTThe Presidency Dwight D. Eisenhower and the Holocaust
12:40PM EDTThe Presidency Dwight D. Eisenhower - "Champion of Peace"
1:25PM EDTThe Presidency President Nixon Address on Vietnam War
1:45PM EDTReno Divorce Industry
2:00PM EDTOral Histories Red Cross "Donut Dolly" Camilla Meyerson
3:25PM EDTReel America "Where Dreams Come True" - 1979
4:00PM EDTHistory Bookshelf Mona Charen, "Sex Matters"
4:55PM EDTThe Iran Hostage Crisis & U.S. - Iran Relations
6:00PM EDTThe Civil War Lives of Civil War Veterans
7:00PM EDTOkinawa & Survival of China During World War II
8:00PM EDTLectures in History 1864 Presidential Election
9:20PM EDTWomen Artists in the White House Collection
10:00PM EDTReel America "The Greatest Good - A Forest Service Centennial Film"
Sunday
12:05AM EDTLectures in History 1864 Presidential Election
1:25AM EDTWomen Artists in the White House Collection
2:05AM EDTHistory Bookshelf Mona Charen, "Sex Matters"
3:00AM EDTThe Iran Hostage Crisis & U.S. - Iran Relations
4:05AM EDTThe Civil War Lives of Civil War Veterans
5:05AM EDTOkinawa & Survival of China During World War II
6:05AM EDTOral Histories Red Cross "Donut Dolly" Camilla Meyerson
7:30AM EDTReel America "Where Dreams Come True" - 1979
8:00AM EDTHistory Bookshelf Linda Greenhouse, "The Burger Court and the Rise of the Judicial Right"
9:00AM EDTJames Baker & the End of the Cold War
10:00AM EDTThe Civil War Reflections on Civil War History
11:10AM EDTNovelist Horatio Alger, Jr.
12:00PM EDTBay of Pigs 60th Anniversary
1:00PM EDTHispanic American Soldiers in World War II
2:00PM EDTOral Histories Vietnam War Veteran Clyde Romero
3:40PM EDTRapid City Flood of 1972
3:55PM EDTReel America "The Greatest Good - A Forest Service Centennial Film"
6:00PM EDTAmerican Artifacts Washington, DC Tidal Basin & Cherry Blossoms
6:30PM EDTOral Histories Vietnam War Nurse Virginia Lee Dornheggen
8:00PM EDTThe Presidency Renovated Truman Presidential Library & Museum
9:00PM EDTThe Presidency Lyndon B. Johnson & Lady Bird Johnson
10:00PM EDTAmerican Artifacts Washington, DC Tidal Basin & Cherry Blossoms
10:30PM EDTOral Histories Vietnam War Nurse Virginia Lee Dornheggen
Monday
12:00AM EDTThe Presidency Renovated Truman Presidential Library & Museum
1:00AM EDTThe Presidency Lyndon B. Johnson & Lady Bird Johnson
2:00AM EDTReel America "The Greatest Good - A Forest Service Centennial Film"
4:05AM EDTThe Presidency Renovated Truman Presidential Library & Museum
5:05AM EDTThe Presidency Lyndon B. Johnson & Lady Bird Johnson
5:59AM EDTJay Smith "Cheated"
6:15AM EDTOral Histories Vietnam War Veteran Clyde Romero

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