World Events

A report about the 2014 outbreak of Ebola, the deadliest case of the virus in human history that is threatening to overwhelm West Africa.

A news report on the ongoing crisis in Ukraine and the escalating violence amid western sanctions on Russia.

NASA's Curiosity rover completed her first Martian year (687 Earth days). Hear team members describe the ongoing science studies.

A news report on the causes of Arab Spring, the ongoing revolution across middle-east and its aftermath.

Video footage of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami of 2011 as it unfolded.

An overview of the crisis at the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plants following the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan.

A video report on the 2009 Swine flu pandemic that is estimated to have infected 1 in every 5 people across the world.

The inaugural address of President Barack Obama sworn in as 44th President of the United States on January 20, 2009.

The video explains the 2008 crisis of credit, the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s.

Video and news clips from the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami that killed over 230,000 people in fourteen countries.

A presentation on the Mars Exploration Rover mission involving two rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, exploring the planet Mars since 2003.

A footage from the last flight of the Columbia Space Shuttle that broke apart during re-entry on February 1, 2003.

The video presents the high-pressured decision-making process that preceded the U.S. decision to invade Iraq.

An overview of the War in Afghanistan, a part of the global War on Terror and a direct response to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

Video and news clips from the September 11 attacks in 2001.

An overview of the Persian Gulf War, a conflict between Iraq and a coalition force from 34 nations authorized by the UN to return Kuwait to the control of the Emir of Kuwait.

A short history of the impact of the Berlin Wall.

The video describes the events that led to the collapse of the Soviet Union and the resignation of Gorbachev.

A look at the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster in Ukraine which was then part of the Soviet Union.

A short documentary on the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster when it broke apart 73 seconds into its flight.

Footage of the demo of the first Apple Macintosh by Steve Jobs, January 1984, in front of 3000 people.

STS-1 was the first orbital flight of NASA's Space Shuttle program. The first orbiter, Space Shuttle Columbia, launched on 12 April 1981 and returned to Earth on 14 April.

Apollo 11, the first manned mission to land on the Moon. On July 16, 1969, it lifted off with Commander Neil Armstrong, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin. On July 20, Armstrong and Aldrin became the first humans to land on the Moon, while Collins orbited above.

A documentary on the Vietnam War, a Cold War-era military conflict between the United States and communist forces of North Vietnam that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1955 to 1975.

Documentary on the Cuban Missile Crisis of Oct 1962 - a 13-day confrontation between the USSR and Cuba on one side and the US on the other side. It was a major confrontation during the Cold War when it came closest to turning into a nuclear conflict.

A video about the Korean War, a war between South Korea supported by the US and North Korea supported by China and the Soviet Union from 1950 to 1953.

A video about the dropping of the atomic bomb at Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Amazing color footage of World War II.

A documentary on the Great Depression of 1929, a severe, long-lasting economic downturn in the history of the Western industrialized world.

A documentary on World War I.

Rare footage of World War I, the Great War.