10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America

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.^[1][2]

10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America
Genre	Documentary
Written by	Steven Gillon
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	10
Production
Running time	60 minutes
Production company	History Channel
Original release
Network	History Channel
Release	April 9 (2006-04-09) – April 14, 2006 (2006-04-14)

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	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 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	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

References

1. "10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America". History Store. Retrieved 2024-01-12.
2. Gillon, Steven M. (2006-04-04). 10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America (1st ed.). Crown. ISBN 978-0-307-33934-8.