10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America
{{Short description|2006 US documentary television series}}
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| writer = Steven Gillon
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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.{{Cite web |title=10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America |url=https://www.historystore.com/products/10-days-that-unexpectedly-changed-america |access-date=2024-01-12 |website=History Store}}{{Cite book |last=Gillon |first=Steven M. |url=https://www.amazon.com/Unexpectedly-Changed-America-History-Presents/dp/0307339343 |title=10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America |date=2006-04-04 |publisher=Crown |isbn=978-0-307-33934-8 |edition=1st}}
Overview
The ten days featured in the series, in chronological order. It is important to note that the book and television series take a different approach to analyzing these events.{{citation needed|date=April 2024}}
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| May 26, 1637
| The Mystic Massacre of the Pequot War |
| January 25, 1787
| Shays' Rebellion in Western Massachusetts led by Daniel Shays |
| January 24, 1848
| The beginning of the California Gold Rush also a time where people were moving from east to west |
| September 17, 1862
| The Battle of Antietam during the American Civil War |
| July 6, 1892
| The Homestead Strike in Homestead, Pennsylvania |
| September 6, 1901
| The assassination of President William McKinley |
| July 21, 1925
| The Scopes trial about teaching evolution in schools, in Dayton, Tennessee |
| July 16, 1939
| Albert Einstein sends his letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt urging him to explore nuclear weaponry |
| September 9, 1956 |
| June 21, 1964
| Civil rights workers James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner being murdered in Philadelphia, Mississippi |
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Category:History (American TV channel) original programming
Category:Television series about the history of the United States
Category:2006 American television series debuts