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.
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.
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 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 infamous Scopes Trial 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 | Elvis Presley appears on The Ed Sullivan Show |
| June 21, 1964 | Civil rights workers James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner being murdered in Philadelphia, Mississippi |