On March 25, 1969, John Lennon and Yoko Ono were a few days into their marriage when they invited the press to join them at their honeymoon suite at the Amsterdam Hilton Hotel.

The jazz queen who chose home over fame

Dec 27th, 2019 6m 34s

Jazz singer Ethel Ennis’s voice wowed audiences and won praise from critics. But when she was faced with the opportunity to become a superstar, Ennis chose a different path.

Clara Barton, America's most famous nurse, broke boundaries to treat Civil War victims

Dec 26th, 2019 7m 8s

The nurse who founded the American Red Cross had no formal training in medicine. She tended to countless wounded soldiers.

The military's famous Santa Tracker began with a wrong number

Dec 25th, 2019 6m 27s

In the 1950s, a child trying to call Santa Claus accidentally called NORAD and changed Christmas Eve forever.

The 'Toy King' who never aspired to the throne.

Dec 23rd, 2019 6m 21s

Toys R Us founder Charles Lazarus had no idea how big the toy industry would become.

Last Seen Ads

Dec 20th, 2019 6m 53s

After the Civil War, formerly enslaved people placed notices in black-owned newspapers across the country to find their loved ones.

How 'Broadway Joe' redefined the NFL

Dec 19th, 2019 6m 33s

A few days before his team took the field as huge underdogs in Super Bowl III, New York Jets quarterback Joe Namath made what was seen as an insane prediction at the time: "The Jets will win Sunday," he said. "I guarantee it."

The game show contestant who cheated his way to fame

Dec 18th, 2019 6m 48s

In the 1950s, Charles Van Doren, a quiet professor in New York City, became wrapped up in one of the biggest television quiz show scandals in history.

How food found its way into the freezer

Dec 17th, 2019 6m 22s

While on a research trip to the Arctic in the early 20th century, scientist Clarence Birdseye — a name you might recognize from the frozen food aisle — made an observation that would go on to change the way we eat.

The day before the Chernobyl disaster

Dec 16th, 2019 7m 22s

Disasters don’t just happen. Like anything in life, there’s usually a buildup. In the case of the Chernobyl disaster, the series of failures stretched back more than a decade. But what happened the day before the explosion?

The most difficult job Robert Mueller ever had

Dec 13th, 2019 6m 12s

Serving as special counsel is probably only the third hardest job Robert Mueller has held. His life in public service started when he just 23 years old, as a Marine lieutenant in the Vietnam War.

Queen Arawelo

Dec 12th, 2019 7m 11s

Growing up in Somalia, a country where stories are handed down through generations, one of the first tales that children are told is about an ancient queen who fought to give women power by castrating men.

The nurse who picked up a rifle

Dec 11th, 2019 4m 16s

During World War I, British nurse Flora Sandes put down her nurses bag to fight with the Serbian Army.

George Taliaferro, the first black player drafted to the NFL

Dec 10th, 2019 6m 18s

He thought being drafted into the National Football League was so unlikely that he signed with an African American league team. Then, the NFL called.

The summer men rebelled against their shirts

Dec 9th, 2019 5m 29s

It doesn't seem like a big deal today, but 1930s America lived in fear of the male nipple.

America’s forgotten Iranian hostage

Dec 6th, 2019 5m 17s

Nine months before the Iran hostage crisis, Kenneth Kraus was held hostage in Iran for eight days.

A bridge of ice at Niagara Falls

Dec 5th, 2019 5m 26s

Once upon a time, people walked between the U.S. and Canada over a frozen Niagara Falls. But one day, that all changed forever.

The Soviet officer who stopped World War III

Dec 4th, 2019 5m 16s

In 1983, Stanislav Petrov, a lieutenant colonel in the Soviet Union’s Air Defense Forces, trusted his gut and averted a global nuclear catastrophe.

Why isn’t lynching illegal?

Dec 3rd, 2019 6m 35s

It is one of the worst expressions of racism in American history. And there’s no federal law to prevent it.

A letter from home

Dec 2nd, 2019 3m 31s

A German woman discovered that her childhood home was stolen from a Jewish family who fled Nazi Germany. Last year, she tracked down the address of one of the children, and wrote him a letter.

The test that changed childbirth

Nov 29th, 2019 6m 41s

In the 1950s, Dr. Virginia Apgar created a quick test that nurses have since performed on millions of babies just after birth. She is considered one of the most important figures in modern medicine — a world that almost pushed her away.

A debate that went into extra innings: Can baseballs curve?

Nov 28th, 2019 7m 14s

Beginning in the earliest days of baseball, fans, journalists and even physicists disputed whether or not pitchers could make a ball curve.

Benjamin Franklin's complicated relationship with turkeys

Nov 27th, 2019 5m 56s

Benjamin Franklin, the most colorful of America's Founding Fathers, had a misunderstood, electrical and ultimately homicidal relationship with turkeys.