Technology related to the Pearl Harbor attack in 1941 is examined, including Japanese B5N2 torpedo bombers; and U.S. code-breaking technology, such as the Purple Cipher machine, developed after the attack.
The shootout following the botched 1997 robbery of a bank in North Hollywood is recalled.
The Transcontinental Railroad, completed in 1869 when the last spike was driven into the ground at Promontory Point, Utah, is the subject.
The 2002 Pennsylvania mining disaster, in which nine miners were trapped underground for three days, is the topic.
The 1993 standoff between FBI agents and Branch Davidians in Waco, Texas, is recalled.
Recalling the 1988 explosion of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, in which 270 people were killed.