History that deserves to be remembered. If you love history, this is the channel for you! Stories of forgotten history, all between five and fifteen minutes long.
From The History Guy. The “Old Leather Man" was a taciturn and dirty man who had spent most of three decades wandering a regular circuit in Connecticut and New York, becoming a legend in his own time. When he died, stories ran on the front page of New York City newspapers. Check out our new…
From The History Guy. Schrödinger’s cat is a reasonably simple explanation of an extremely technical and unexpected scientific concept. But when Schrödinger first introduced it, he was making an entirely different point. Check out our new shop for fun The History Guy merchandise: https://thehistoryguy-shop.fourthwall.com/products/thg-history This is original content based on research by The History Guy.…
From The History Guy. While THG is traveling, enjoy these three classic episodes about people who have mysteriously disappeared. 00:00 Disappeared Utterly: Congressman John Creely 14:53 Mystery: The Disappearance of Ambrose Bierce 29:28 Mystery of the Missing Congressmen Check out our new shop for fun The History Guy merchandise: https://thehistoryguy-shop.fourthwall.com/products/thg-history This is original content based…
From The History Guy. Immediately after WWII, numerous agencies and groups within the United States recognized that space was the next frontier. Plans to conquer that frontier began to proliferate. Some ideas were promising, while others were, perhaps, little more than pipe dreams. Check out our new shop for fun The History Guy merchandise: https://thehistoryguy-shop.fourthwall.com/products/thg-history…
From The History Guy. Use code thehistoryguy at https://incogni.com/thehistoryguy to get an exclusive 60% off. Air mail was a critical part of the development of the air industry in the United States. But it might not have happened how it did, were it not for 78 days in the winter of 1933 and ‘34, when…
From The History Guy. In April of 1894, a young man from Pittsburgh left Tabriz, Persia, aboard a bicycle, bound for the turbulent land of the Ottoman Empire. His story had seen coverage in newspapers around the world – attention would only magnify when he mysteriously disappeared in the remote terrain of Turkish Armenia. Check…
From The History Guy. The Battle of Midway represented a significant blow to the Imperial Japanese Navy, and a measure of revenge for the United States, in the sinking of four aircraft carriers. But there was an ancillary story that is not nearly as well known.. Check out our new shop for fun The History…
From The History Guy. In June, 1944 the Big Red One and its 16th Infantry Regiment were again the tip of the spear as the allies assaulted fortress Europe. Check out our new shop for fun The History Guy merchandise: https://thehistoryguy-shop.fourthwall.com/products/thg-history This is original content based on research by The History Guy. Images in the…
From The History Guy. Midway is one of the most well known and discussed battles of the Pacific War, but far less known was that, at the same time, another Japanese carrier group was attacking another US held island some 1800 miles away. Check out our new shop for fun The History Guy merchandise: https://thehistoryguy-shop.fourthwall.com/products/thg-history…
From The History Guy. Kentucky was the first US state west of the Appalachian mountains. But statehood for a Commonwealth of irregular shape would result in contention and change for decades. Check out our new shop for fun The History Guy merchandise: https://thehistoryguy-shop.fourthwall.com/products/thg-history This is original content based on research by The History Guy. Images…
From The History Guy. Kevin Costner’s The West new episodes Monday 9/8c. Watch the next day on the History app. Part of History Honors 250, only on The History Channel. #sponsored #history_partner
From The History Guy. Kevin Costner’s The West new episodes Monday 9/8c. Watch the next day on the History app. Part of History Honors 250, only on The History Channel. #sponsored #history_partner Some 250,000 people came to California via the overland California Trail between 1841 and 1869. But someone, of course, had to be first.…
From The History Guy. Patent S-5292X, “Improvements in method and means for utilizing nuclear energy” by John Von Neumann and Klaus Fuchs and is a story of two brilliant scientists, of one of the greatest scientific programs ever undertaken, and of Cold War espionage and intrigue. Check out our new shop for fun The History…
From The History Guy. On May 26, 1981, during night operations off Pensacola, Florida, a Marine Corps EA-6B "Prowler" crashed on the deck of the Nuclear powered Aircraft carrier USS Nimitz, igniting a fire and causing a string of explosions that resulted in the death of 14 members of her crew. Check out our new…
From The History Guy. I have enjoyed collaborating with the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum over the years. As you prepare for the 109th running of the Indy 500 tomorrow, enjoy three classic The History Guy episodes about some of the personalities behind the Greatest Spectacle in Racing. 00:00 Carl G Fisher, Promotional Genius 13:45 The…
From The History Guy. Thanks to Storyworth for sponsoring today’s video! For $10 off your year-long Storyworth subscription and hardcover book, just click the link below in my description: https://storyworth.yt.link/JWl5Ct3 When the Ethiopian Empire found itself near total destruction at the hands of a Muslim power, the Portuguese found a reason to send military aid,…
From The History Guy. On May 21, 1941, more than six months before the US entry into the war, the SS Robin Moor became the first US flagged merchant ship to be sunk by a German U-boat, all part of the long path towards US entry into the largest war in human history. Check out…
From The History Guy. The story of the first Victoria Cross to be awarded to an Australian in the Great War deserves to be remembered. Check out our new shop for fun The History Guy merchandise: https://thehistoryguy-shop.fourthwall.com/products/thg-history This is original content based on research by The History Guy. Images in the Public Domain are carefully…
From The History Guy. The story of the first Victoria Cross to be awarded to an Australian in the Great War deserves to be remembered. Check out our new shop for fun The History Guy merchandise: https://thehistoryguy-shop.fourthwall.com/products/thg-history This is original content based on research by The History Guy. Images in the Public Domain are carefully…
From The History Guy. Three classic the History Guy episodes about expanding the rails. 00:00 Robber Barons and the Battle of the Tunnel 13:11 The Day The Gauge Changed 23:00 The Congo-Ocean Railway Check out our new shop for fun The History Guy merchandise: https://thehistoryguy-shop.fourthwall.com/products/thg-history This is original content based on research by The History…
From The History Guy. While America said “Remember Pearl Harbor,” in Australia they said “Avenge the Nurses.” Crew casualty list: https://www.radschool.org.au/magazines/Vol47/pdf/Centaur%20lost%20crew.pdf Check out our new shop for fun The History Guy merchandise: https://thehistoryguy-shop.fourthwall.com/products/thg-history This is original content based on research by The History Guy. Images in the Public Domain are carefully selected and provide illustration.…
From The History Guy. The strange nexus of North Dakota, Honduras, the Cayman islands, and potatoes set the stage for the great spud scan of 1986. Check out our new shop for fun The History Guy merchandise: https://thehistoryguy-shop.fourthwall.com/products/thg-history This is original content based on research by The History Guy. Images in the Public Domain are…
From The History Guy. In the early morning hours of May 9, 1837 the steamboat Ben Sherrod, traveling from New Orleans to Louisville, caught fire. The public was shocked as details of the tragedy emerged,. The tragedy of the burning, sinking, and explosion of the Ben Sherrod should never have happened. Check out our new…
From The History Guy. On the seventh of May, 1798, In a little remembered battle, a vastly outnumbered force of British sailors and marines faced down a substantial French invasion fleet in what might be described as a dress rehearsal for an invasion of the British isles. The Battle of the Îles Saint-Marcouf represents one…
From The History Guy. Grant’s strategy for 1864 included the bruising Overland Campaign. The bloodshed of the campaign of attrition began on May 5, in a field in Virginia. Check out our new shop for fun The History Guy merchandise: https://thehistoryguy-shop.fourthwall.com/products/thg-history This is original content based on research by The History Guy. Images in the…
From The History Guy. The Cold War was not just a time of heightened tensions and global competition, but a period of rapid technological growth and scientific advancement. In laboratories all over the world, scientists were working on other breakthroughs, including in a new and largely untouched section of science: discovering new elements. Thankfully the…
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From The History Guy. We don’t know all that much about Conrad of Montferrat, but we do know that his death was murder most foul. It is a medieval murder mystery that deserves to be remembered. Check out our new shop for fun The History Guy merchandise: https://thehistoryguy-shop.fourthwall.com/products/thg-history This is original content based on research…
From The History Guy. Global vehicle counts estimate that there are an excess of two billion, some estimate as many as 3.5 billion, unique license plates on earth today. Check out our new shop for fun The History Guy merchandise: https://thehistoryguy-shop.fourthwall.com/products/thg-history This is original content based on research by The History Guy. Images in the…
From The History Guy. This video was released a year ago, but owing to an upload issue, only showed 1/4 size. I release this corrected version to commemorate the anniversary of the day the Murdock’s left Los Angeles to being their trip. Check out our new shop for fun The History Guy merchandise: https://thehistoryguy-shop.fourthwall.com/products/thg-history This…
From The History Guy. A lesser known subplot of the War Between the States was the Union effort to deprive the confederacy of salt. It is difficult to overstate how much the shortage of salt in the Confederacy contributed to the ultimate Union victory. Check out our new shop for fun The History Guy merchandise:…
From The History Guy. The Clipper ship Nightingale had a history as bold and contradictory as the century in which she sailed. Check out our new shop for fun The History Guy merchandise: https://thehistoryguy-shop.fourthwall.com/products/thg-history This is original content based on research by The History Guy. Images in the Public Domain are carefully selected and provide…
From The History Guy. The Doolittle Raid wasn’t just an operation of the Army Air Force. The Navy made its own plans, took its own risks, and has its own story that deserves to be remembered. Check out our new shop for fun The History Guy merchandise: https://thehistoryguy-shop.fourthwall.com/products/thg-history This is original content based on research…
From The History Guy. The Royal Yacht Britannia, a floating palace turned tourist attraction, launched on April 16, 1953, represents a long tradition. Take a trip to Scotland with The History Guy June 21 -27, 2026: https://trovatrip.com/trip/europe/scotland/united-kingdom-with-lance-geiger-jun-2026 One spot Still Available to travel to Ireland with the History Guy June 15 – 20, 2025: https://trovatrip.com/trip/europe/ireland/ireland-with-lance-geiger-jun-2025…
From The History Guy. On April 14, 1881 the rough and tumble boom town of El Paso, Texas was true to its wild reputation as the six-gun capitol of the world. Check out our new shop for fun The History Guy merchandise: https://thehistoryguy-shop.fourthwall.com/products/thg-history This is original content based on research by The History Guy. Images…
From The History Guy. Three classic The History Guy episodes about tumult in the windy city. 00:00 The "Red Summer" of 1919 13:08 The Chicago Taxicab Wars 25:14 Skokie’s battle, The Skokie Swastika War Check out our new shop for fun The History Guy merchandise: https://thehistoryguy-shop.fourthwall.com/products/thg-history This is original content based on research by The…
From The History Guy. In the end, tens of thousands of soldiers, including 40,000 British, were left in France, captured fighting the battles that had allowed that "Miracle at Dunkirk" to happen. They could not have known, at the time, the extent of their sacrifice. Check out our new shop for fun The History Guy…
From The History Guy. At 10:58 am on Wednesday, April 7, 1926, the 50 year old daughter of the former Lord Chancellor of Ireland stepped out of a crowd, drew a revolver, and shot Italian prime minister Benito Mussolini in the face. Had she done so a decade later, she might have been hailed as…
From The History Guy. At 10:58 am on Wednesday, April 7, 1926, the 50 year old daughter of the former Lord Chancellor of Ireland stepped out of a crowd, drew a revolver, and shot Italian prime minister Benito Mussolini in the face. Had she done so a decade later, she might have been hailed as…
From The History Guy. The death of William Henry Harrison had significant consequences, including the collapse of a major political party. And the story of how he died that most of us learned in school is almost certainly false. In fact, he might well have been the victim of a serial killer of presidents- the…
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From The History Guy. On March 31, 1942, the crew of the Standard Oil company’s tanker T.C. McCobb would experience a first for the Second World War, and what came next would represent the risks faced by the merchant seamen caught in the middle of the vast Battle of the Atlantic. Check out our new…
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From The History Guy. Not too far from my house, in the town of East Alton, Illinois, there is a historic marker to an almost forgotten part of local history. It commemorates a stockyard that only stood for a few years. The East Alton stockyards were an important way and gathering station for horses, being…
From The History Guy. The loss of the HMS Eurydice in 1878 is a story of tragedy, of mystery, and of enduring legend. Sailors still say the ship still haunts the waters around the Isle of Wight . Check out our new shop for fun The History Guy merchandise: https://thehistoryguy-shop.fourthwall.com/products/thg-history This is original content based…
From The History Guy. Three classic The History Guy episodes: 00:00: The Royal Canadian Regiment and The Battle of Paardeberg 10:51: Canada, the Great War, and Flanders Fields 24:12: D Day: The First Canadian Parachute Battalion and the Battle for the Village of Varaville Check out our new shop for fun The History Guy merchandise:…
From The History Guy. The astonishing story of two women and two children trapped after an avalanche in the Piedmont region of Italy in 1755 is a tale of true history almost beyond belief. Check out our new shop for fun The History Guy merchandise: https://thehistoryguy-shop.fourthwall.com/products/thg-history This is original content based on research by The…
From The History Guy. "Science can find no greater valor in its annals of investigation and sacrifice than that of Ada Blackjack.” Check out our new shop for fun The History Guy merchandise: https://thehistoryguy-shop.fourthwall.com/products/thg-history This is original content based on research by The History Guy. Images in the Public Domain are carefully selected and provide…
From The History Guy. Head to https://squarespace.com/thehistoryguy to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using THEHISTORYGUY Known as the Eighty-years War, fighting between Spain and various separatist forces would give rise to some of history’s most fierce and feared pirates. Check out our new shop for fun The History Guy…
From The History Guy. Three classic the History Guy episodes about man’s best friends. 00:00 Dalmatians: Firehouse Dogs 13:50 Barry, the Best of Dogs 27:00 Just Nuisance of the Royal Navy Check out our new shop for fun The History Guy merchandise: https://thehistoryguy-shop.fourthwall.com/products/thg-history This is original content based on research by The History Guy. Images…
From The History Guy. The Des Moines Register reported in 1990: "When Edouard Izac died earlier this year, few remembered the Iowa native or knew that he was a hero of his country.” As is often the case, the nation forgets its heroes almost as quickly as they rise. Check out our new shop for…
From The History Guy. Like most states of the Union, the creation of Nevada’s boundaries was as much a matter of politics as of geography. Check out our new shop for fun The History Guy merchandise: https://thehistoryguy-shop.fourthwall.com/products/thg-history This is original content based on research by The History Guy. Images in the Public Domain are carefully…
From The History Guy. One classmate wrote in the alumni newsletter: "Ask any member of ‘42 and you will find it unanimous in feeling that many of our finest gave their all in World War Two." Volume 3: John Ott Sanders Damron, Kenneth Earl Dyson ,Thaddeus Francis Dziuban ,William Hampton Edwards , Joseph Richard Elliott,…
From The History Guy. A cow with a name produces more milk than one without. And that might not be the strangest thing about moo juice, a decidedly odd part of human history. Check out our new shop for fun The History Guy merchandise: https://thehistoryguy-shop.fourthwall.com/products/thg-history This is original content based on research by The History…
From The History Guy. The Ford Rouge River plant has been used to produce 28 vehicle models, and continues to be used -today manufacturing aluminum Ford F-150 bodies. But, little remembered today, the factory was not originally built to make automobiles, but to manufacture ships for the US Navy. Check out our new shop for…
From The History Guy. Head to https://squarespace.com/thehistoryguy to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using THEHISTORYGUY At some point, someone in history bit into a plant, felt like their mouth was on fire, and said “more.” Were they brave? Stupid? Or just hungry? In fact, humans have a uniquely warm…
From The History Guy. Texas, California, and Vermont were all independent for a time, and the state of Hawaii was a kingdom for nearly a century before US interests overthrew the monarchy. Much lesser known was the short lived Republic of Florida. Check out our new shop for fun The History Guy merchandise: https://thehistoryguy-shop.fourthwall.com/products/thg-history This…
From The History Guy. Airships were the future, before they weren’t. Three classic The History Guy episodes about the magnificent, and accident prone, behemoths of the sky. 00:00 The Largest Airship of its Time: The Morrell Airship 15:24 The 1926 Race to the Pole, a story of polar exploration 25:51 The first American-built rigid airship,…
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From The History Guy. Of the 374 graduates of the US Military Academy class of 1942, seventy-nearly one in five- would not survive the war. Their names are engraved on a marker at the academy. Their stories deserve to be remembered, and I am committed, so far as my meager voice can, to tell the…