Days That Shook the World

Season 2, Episode 8: Terrorism: Assassination of Abraham Lincoln/Oklahoma City Bombing

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14 April 1865 and 19 April 1995 Eye-witness accounts, key figures and court transcripts are used to retell tow terrorist acts which shook America. The killing of the President and the bombing of a federal office over a century apart were both committed by Americans seemingly at war with their own country.

All Episodes - Season 2

Disaster in the Sky: The Hindenburg / Challenger Disaster
Episode 1
Disaster in the Sky: The Hindenburg / Challenger Disaster
 The Christmas Truce
Episode 2
The Christmas Truce
 Attack on Pearl Harbor
Episode 3
Attack on Pearl Harbor
 Grand Heist: The Theft of the Crown Jewels / The Great Train Robbery
Episode 4
Grand Heist: The Theft of the Crown Jewels / The Great Train Robbery
 Conspiracy to Kill: The Real Day of the Jackal / Wolf's Lair
Episode 5
Conspiracy to Kill: The Real Day of the Jackal / Wolf's Lair
 Reach For The Stars: Trials of Galileo / Yuri Gagarin's Flight
Episode 6
Reach For The Stars: Trials of Galileo / Yuri Gagarin's Flight
 Dinosaurs & Duplicity: Discovery of the First Dinosaur/Piltdown Man
Episode 7
Dinosaurs & Duplicity: Discovery of the First Dinosaur/Piltdown Man
 Terrorism: Assassination of Abraham Lincoln/Oklahoma City Bombing
Episode 8
Terrorism: Assassination of Abraham Lincoln/Oklahoma City Bombing
 Cold War Spies: Gary Powers/Rudolf Abel
Episode 9
Cold War Spies: Gary Powers/Rudolf Abel
 Affairs of the Crown: The Execution of Anne Boleyn/The Abdication of Edward VIII
Episode 10
Affairs of the Crown: The Execution of Anne Boleyn/The Abdication of Edward VIII
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