The Century

Heaven and Earth

Mar 29, 1999

"Lindbergh's Journey": Charles Lindbergh flies solo across the Atlantic / "First Step": Neil Armstrong steps on the moon; space exploration.

Ultimate Power

Apr 1, 1999

"Evil Rising": Hitler rises to power / "The Race": the race to build the atomic bomb.

No Man's Land

Apr 3, 1999

"The Great War": World War I / "The Fall": the Vietnam War.

Memphis Dreams

Apr 5, 1999

"Innocence in Rebellion": Elvis Presley helps change American culture / "Searching for the Promised Land": Martin Luther King Jr. marches for civil rights.

Coming Apart

Apr 8, 1999

"Nothing to Fear": Franklin D. Roosevelt's 1933 inauguration; banks fail; internment camps; farm foreclosures / "Picture This": the birth of Hollywood; film industry and the Cold War.

The Evolution of Revolution

Apr 10, 1999

"Live from Tehran": Iran hostage crisis / "Facing the New Millennium": 20th-century thinkers discuss the new millennium.