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The Day the Stars Fell: November 13, 1833

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Fallujah: November 11, 2004

51K views · 2d ago · 16:38

On November 11, 2004 some thirteen thousand coalition troops were in Anbar province, Iraq, fighting the deadliest battle of the War in Iraq. Armistice Day, 2004, was war at its most horrible. This is original content based on research by The History Guy. Images in the Public Domain are carefully selected and provide illustration. As very few images of the actual event are available in the Public Domain, images of similar objects and events are used for illustration.

THG Podcast: Counterfactuals - What if the Chicken DIDN'T Cross the Road?

11K views · 3d ago · 1:09:53

Note: We are continuing to upload older audio podcasts that haven't been put on YouTube. As we did not record video for these they are audio-only. Video podcasts upload with each new podcasts every other week. Today we talk about the most numerous bird on the planet - the chicken - and how the world might be different if we never domesticated it.

The Great Squirrel Hunts

150K views · 4d ago · 18:22

Squirrels and squirrel hunting are a surprisingly important part of American history. And they sometimes occurred on a truly surprising scale. This is original content based on research by The History Guy. Images in the Public Domain are carefully selected and provide illustration. As very few images of the actual event are available in the Public Domain, images of similar objects and events are used for illustration.

The Bell X-1 Program.

54K views · 7d ago · 23:16

The X-1 program built planes designed to go higher and faster than any that came before them. This is original content based on research by The History Guy. Images in the Public Domain are carefully selected and provide illustration. As very few images of the actual event are available in the Public Domain, images of similar objects and events are used for illustration.

Best of The History Guy: Mighty Beasts

18K views · 9d ago · 50:35

Three classic The History Guy episodes about animals that serve humanity. Nearly a full hour of The History guy! This is original content based on research by The History Guy. Images in the Public Domain are carefully selected and provide illustration. As very few images of the actual event are available in the Public Domain, images of similar objects and events are used for illustration.

Topics: Goats: A History · Hump: A History of Camels · War Horses of East Alton, Il.

THG Podcast: Counterfactuals - Italy and WWI

13K views · 10d ago · 1:08:45

On today’s episode, we talk about one of the lesser-known but possibly pivotal moments of the First World War: When Italy finally decided to enter on the side of the Entente. When, how, and on which side Italy entered the war was far from certain in 1914–what might have happened if Italy chose differently?

The Great Paris Flood of 1910

40K views · 11d ago · 17:49

Unusually large amounts of rainfall in previous months and an ill-timed storm over northern France turned the Seine into a raging force in January of 1910. The quay walls started to slip, water poured into the city through new sewer lines, and the city’s power flickered out.

A History of Ghosts (Revised.)

26K views · 13d ago · 18:51

A 3500 year old Babylonian tablet gives the first known description of how to get rid of a ghost. It involves two dolls and beer. This video has been revised due to YouTube policy. (error correction at 2:26) Yes, this is a reupload of Wednesday’s video. YouTube placed a content flag on the video, limiting monetization. It turns out that, in a brief discussion of the mysticism of the Koisan people, a woman in a stock image had an exposed breast.

History and The Opera’s Phantom

32K views · 14d ago · 17:33

Fiction is fiction, but sometimes it is also fact. THG investigates the true history behind three Gothic Horror Classics: The Phantom of the Opera, Dracula, and the Hunchback of Notre Dame. This is original content based on research by The History Guy. Images in the Public Domain are carefully selected and provide illustration. As very few images of the actual event are available in the Public Domain, images of similar objects and events are used for illustration.

THG Podcast: Counterfactuals - The New Navy

16K views · 17d ago · 1:03:41

Note: We are continuing to upload older audio podcasts that haven't been put on YouTube. As we did not record video for these they are audio-only. Video podcasts upload with each new podcasts every other week. On today’s episode, we talk about some of the first steel-hulled ships the United States ever built, and how those first few ships might have set the tone for the entire 20th century.

Navy Ships and Army Generals

35K views · 18d ago · 24:32

There was an entire class of Navy ships- some thirty vessels- named after Army Generals. The largely forgotten General G.O. Squier class transports did yeomans' work in an unsung role, and have an interesting history that deserves to be remembered.

America’s Deadliest Day of WWII

72K views · 21d ago · 17:33

If asked, rather few people would guess that the deadliest day for America in WWII took place in October, 1944, 9 months before the end of the war. This is original content based on research by The History Guy. Images in the Public Domain are carefully selected and provide illustration. As very few images of the actual event are available in the Public Domain, images of similar objects and events are used for illustration.

The Korean War: 1871

97K views · 23d ago · 19:14

When a modern American thinks about a war in Korea, the war that comes to mind would be the war between North and South Korea fought between June 1950 to July, 1953. But 80 years earlier the United States was involved in a different conflict with Korea, one in which American forces invaded Korean territory in an amphibious assault.

THG Podcast: Counterfactuals - The Harrison Horror

16K views · 24d ago · 1:05:41

Today we discuss the ghoulish tale of John Scott Harrison, the only man to be both the son and the father of US Presidents. Less than 24 hours after his burial, John Scott’s body was stolen by resurrectionists. The consequences of the body snatching would cause significant changes for American medical history and more.

Detroit's Day of Darkness

95K views · 25d ago · 14:23

On October 19, 1762 the day was so dark at Fort Detroit that candles were needed to see at noon. A British officer called the day "The most extraordinary dark day perhaps ever seen in the world." Some would take the darkness as a sign.

The Great Ant War

114K views · 28d ago · 21:58

Solenopsis invicta, the “Red Imported Fire Ant”, native to South America, has proven a tenacious and destructive pest in the United States, costing Americans billions of dollars every year. That is why, in the late 1950s, the United States embarked on an all out war against the six-legged menace.

USS Indiana: America's First Battleship

114K views · 1mo ago · 18:00

Guest: USS Indiana

There is legitimate controversy over which ship was America’s first true battleship. But the Navy answers that question relatively clearly- USS Indiana was, from the outset, called "Battleship Number One." This is original content based on research by The History Guy. Images in the Public Domain are carefully selected and provide illustration.

THG Podcast: Counterfactuals - Three Kingdoms...or not?

15K views · 1mo ago · 1:05:27

Note: We are continuing to upload older audio podcasts that haven't been put on YouTube. As we did not record video for these they are audio-only. Video podcasts upload with each new podcasts every other week. On today’s episode, we venture to Asia to talk about a battle that determined the course of Chinese history, and that has become such an integral part of Chinese historical mythology that it is sometimes difficult to sort fact from fiction.

Best of the History Guy: Scary Monsters

92K views · 1mo ago · 48:26

In time for Halloween, three classic the History Guy episodes about monsters that have haunted history. This is original content based on research by The History Guy. Images in the Public Domain are carefully selected and provide illustration. As very few images of the actual event are available in the Public Domain, images of similar objects and events are used for illustration.

Topics: Vampire Panics · History and the Headless Horseman. · Zombies: A History

Last Days of the SR 71

94K views · 1mo ago · 18:43

The world’s fastest manned, air-breathing aircraft was a strange combination of a Star Trek future and a Cold War past. And nowhere was that more obvious than across the nine years that NASA's SR-71 program bridged the gap between military reconnaissance and civilian aerospace advancement.

Capture of CSS Florida

50K views · 1mo ago · 16:10

On October 7, 1864 a battle between a Confederate commerce raider and a US sloop of war brought the nation to the brink of a foreign war. This is original content based on research by The History Guy. Images in the Public Domain are carefully selected and provide illustration. As very few images of the actual event are available in the Public Domain, images of similar objects and events are used for illustration.

THG Podcast: Counterfactuals - The Great Sparrow Campaign

14K views · 1mo ago · 1:01:36

Welcome to the History Guy Podcast: Counterfactuals. What is a counterfactual? At it’s most basic, it is a ‘what if’. It’s a way of understanding history as it is by discussing what it could have been.

The Road to the First Aerial Victory

49K views · 1mo ago · 18:58

October 5 represents the anniversary of what is generally considered to have been an aviation first, the first time that the crew of one airplane shot down another airplane- the first aerial victory in history. This is original content based on research by The History Guy. Images in the Public Domain are carefully selected and provide illustration.