Join The History Guy from YouTube in conversation about his videos and various topics in history. Here you can find behind-the-scenes peeks of the set and The History Cats. Share ideas for future videos or ask questions of both the community and The History Guy himself. Early releases and the occasional extras are available for supporting members.
On August 12, 1977 the space shuttle Enterprise made its first free flight. That is, it was detached from its Boeing 747 "Shuttle Carrier Aircraft” and let fly. It is difficult to wrap my mind around the fact that this vehicle that once was, to me, the symbol of the future is now, itself, history. That is, perhaps, as ironic as the fact that the First Space Shuttle, Enterprise, never went to space.
I am very excited to be on this revival of the classic History Channel show Modern Marvels. This is a special three epsiode series on engineering of WWII. Episode 1 premiers tonight, Monday, July 27 at 10/9c.
After the public announcement of the armistice ending hostilities between Italy and the Allied powers on September 8th, 1943, the Italian navy fled its ports in a desperate bid to reach the safety of Allied forces, even as German forces, carrying a terrifying new weapon, sought to capture or destroy them.
On August 26, 1980, some men wearing jumpsuits drove up in a white Dodge van and rolled a large box into a Casino in Stateline Nevada, saying that they were delivering a copy machine. It wasn’t a copy machine. Thus began what the Federal Bureau of Investigation described as “one of the most unusual cases” in the bureau’s history.
In 1943 the Yorktown, Virginia, Naval Mine Depot manufactured explosive ordnance and loaded it onto ships in the York River bound for the battlefields of WWII. On November 16th, a massive explosion rocked the Depot, leaving enormous craters and shattering glass for miles around.
