Tech Effect

Technology makes things happen; sometimes it changes things for the better, sometimes for the worse.
Apollo 11
S2004 E1

A range of technological advances make the Apollo 11 moon landing successful.

Hiroshima
S2004 E2

The dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima caps three years of research and innovation.

The Downing of Gary Powers
S2004 E8

A U-2 spy plane incident fuels a Cold War crisis and escalates an arms race.

St. Valentine's Day Massacre
S2004 E11

On Valentine's Day, 1929, Al Capone's thugs murder seven members of a rival gang.

Chicago Fire
S2004 E21

A cow knocks over a lantern, sending 1871 Chicago into flames.

Pennsylvania Mining Disaster
S2004 E24

Miners become trapped underground and struggle to stay alive against a rushing river and rising waterline.