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First Ladies

Season 2 E 10 • 09/02/2014

Frances Cleveland uses her public image for good, Edith Wilson acts as president after her husband has a stroke, and Dolley Madison saves American artifacts from destruction.

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Wild West

Holdouts fight to the bitter end at the Alamo, and Billy the Kid goes on the run from lawman Pat Garrett. Featuring Jake Johnson, Chris Parnell and Andy Daly.
08/27/2013
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Montgomery

Percy Julian battles adversity to become one of the greatest scientists of all time, Claudette Colvin lays the groundwork for Rosa Parks, and Joe Louis fights Max Schmeling.
07/01/2014
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New York

Frederic Bartholdi struggles to sell the U.S. Congress on the Statue of Liberty, Sybil Ludington takes her midnight ride, and Nellie Bly goes undercover at Blackwell's Island.
07/08/2014
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American Music

DJ Alan Freed popularizes rock 'n' roll, Kris Kristofferson follows his dream of becoming a songwriter, and Sylvia Robinson produces "Rapper's Delight."
07/15/2014
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Baltimore

Allan Pinkerton protects President Lincoln from an assassination plot, Francis Scott Key writes "The Star Spangled Banner," and Edgar Allan Poe feuds with Rufus Griswold.
07/22/2014
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Charleston

Preston Brooks canes Charles Sumner on the floor of the Senate, Judge Waties Waring champions integration, and a slave named Robert Smalls commandeers a Confederate warship.
07/29/2014
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Hollywood

Orson Welles's "Citizen Kane" incurs the wrath of William Randolph Hearst, animator Ub Iwerks creates Mickey Mouse, and the Reagans transition from acting to politics.
08/05/2014
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Hawaii

Captain James Cook increasingly becomes a problem for Chief Kalaniopuu, Daniel Inouye fights valiantly in World War II, and Eddie Aikau galvanizes a generation of surfers.
08/12/2014
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Philadelphia

Baron von Steuben whips Washington's army into shape, longtime friends John Adams and Thomas Jefferson break ties, and Benedict Arnold becomes a British spy.
08/19/2014
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Sports Heroes

Jim Thorpe dominates the 1912 Olympics, Babe Didrikson founds the LPGA, and Jim Abbott becomes a great pitcher despite being born with one hand.
08/26/2014
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First Ladies

Frances Cleveland uses her public image for good, Edith Wilson acts as president after her husband has a stroke, and Dolley Madison saves American artifacts from destruction.
09/02/2014
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New Jersey

Thaddeus Lowe is a Civil War hot air balloon spy, two paleontologists fight over dinosaur bones, and Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson hear the universe speaking to them.
09/01/2015
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Miami

Hollywood heartthrob Clark Gable fights in World War II, Ponce de Leon discovers Florida, and Griselda Blanco becomes the Godmother of Cocaine.
09/08/2015
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New Orleans

Pirates help Andrew Jackson defend New Orleans, Sam Zemurray introduces America to bananas, and Louis Armstrong becomes the best trumpet player in Louisiana.
09/15/2015
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Spies

Harriet Tubman goes undercover and helps the Union win the Civil War, Virginia Hall joins the French Resistance, and Roald Dahl closes his eyes and thinks of England.
09/22/2015
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Cleveland

Wayne Wheeler leads the Prohibition charge, Dorothy Fuldheim paves the way for women in journalism, and Muhammad Ali refuses to fight in the Vietnam War.
09/29/2015
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Games

Milton Bradley jumpstarts the board game industry, Roger Sharpe fights for pinball legalization in 1970s New York City, and Bobby Fischer becomes the World Chess Champion.
10/06/2015
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Oklahoma

Kentucky Daisy claims land for the ladies, Gordon Cooper goes on a pioneering space mission, and former slave Bass Reeves becomes the inspiration for the Lone Ranger.
10/13/2015
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Journalism

Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland race each other around the world, New York's newsboys go on strike, and a political cartoonist exposes a corrupt politician.
10/20/2015
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Los Angeles

The LAPD is formed to stop the city from devolving into chaos, Rin Tin Tin becomes a global superstar, and William Mulholland figures out how to bring water to Los Angeles.
10/27/2015
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New Mexico

The Pueblo Indians revolt against the Spanish, Boy Scout founder Ernest Thompson Seton hunts a wolf, and a mysterious crash in Roswell appears to be alien debris.
11/03/2015
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