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The History Guy: History Deserves to Be Remembered

2 жыл бұрын

Sometimes, what almost happened in history is as interesting as what actually happened. While the “Great Man” theory of history is often criticized, there are some figures in history whose individual actions or personalities played significant roles in their times, and whose absence could have changed things significantly. Many times in history country leaders have narrowly escaped death. Some of those events could have ended important presidencies almost before they began.
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@mollybell5779 2 жыл бұрын

When I was in high school, I found history class to be extremely boring, and literally failed US History in the 11th grade. Obviously, my teachers were nothing like you. Thank you so much for the education. I very much appreciate your work, and can now safely say that I love history.

@alfredpeasant5980 2 жыл бұрын

That'd not an accident, self guided learning is the only way to get a clue.

@steventhompson399 2 жыл бұрын

I sympathize; I got good grades in middle and high school but found the "social studies" classes mostly boring... the #1 thing that got me interested in history was a pc game called age of empires ii I got in 7th grade. I was confronted with medieval history which was fascinating and "cool" and of which I was utterly ignorant, and for the first time I was motivated to read about history in my own free time... in particular the game had genghis Khan and the mongols which really struck me as being hard to believe, like how could some crude barbarians take over so much of Eurasia lol and I never heard genghis Khan mentioned in our classes or books

@David.Anderson 2 жыл бұрын

Me too.

@michaeldelvecchio41 2 жыл бұрын

I too did not do very well in history/social studies class. Remembering all of those dates and events was certainly not my strong suit. Yet, History still fascinates me.

@waynejedynak9443 2 жыл бұрын

In 1971 social studies, I had a teacher that was so good, I and the other students could name every African nation and their capital cities at that time. She exorted us to study on our own and gave extra credit for reports we wrote on those studies. I am grateful for her pushing us hard, but making history interesting. THG reminds of her. Thank you much!

@gmc1284 2 жыл бұрын

I would never want to be famous or a politician. Being unknown is a gift.

@CBWP 2 жыл бұрын

Now that you posted here...

@goldgeologist5320 2 жыл бұрын

@@CBWP lol

@dbmail545 2 жыл бұрын

I don't even let myself be photographed.

@hankhicks1108 2 жыл бұрын

I've spent most of my adult life trying to erase my personal history.

@dougearnest7590 2 жыл бұрын

"That's why no one will remember your name."

@lancehymers4674 2 жыл бұрын

You could almost add another one. I was on the security detail for the “Three Amigos Summit” between George Bush, Steven Harper, and Vicente Fox. We were way out on the outer perimeter in the thick woods in Montebello, Quebec, and we were told to step off the path as Bush and a Canadian Minister, Stockwell Day were out for a bike ride. We stepped into the thick woods, where we were surrounded by poison ivy and being eaten by bugs. We waited… and waited…and waited… and people started to grumble. I was right by one of the “spoke” paths that intersected with the outer rim path by the outer perimeter fence and several nearby people asked me peek around the corner and see if I could see him. I finally decided to do it - it was a huge facility, what were the odds he’d be there? I stepped out, and there was President George Bush, about 5 feet away, riding towards me at top speed, with a red-faced Day right behind him. I dove out of the way, and he missed me by inches. I often wonder how history would have described me if I’d been a second slower and he’d broken his neck flipping over me? Nothing like going down in history as “the stupidest accidental presidential assassin”. Oops. I actually met George Bush again, shortly after President Obama assumed power. He was very nice to us security folks and took the time to meet with each of us and shake our hands. I thought of asking him if he remembered the guy he almost plowed into, and chickened out. :-)

@jonrudd4733 2 жыл бұрын

What if it had killed you???

@Etherman7 2 жыл бұрын

I love how a 49 year old hat enjoying Lady saved a president. She should've got the medal of Valor, especially since we just give them to celebrities now.

@dennisstorie4604 2 жыл бұрын

Definitely a different class of people from today

@sdgardner1954 2 жыл бұрын

Agreed!

@UCPD198 2 жыл бұрын

I love the picture of the cat on your wall. I was reading today that with patience you can train your cat to do whatever he wants when he wants to do it.

@sarahmckenzie7989 2 жыл бұрын

These stories bring home the fact that politicians do not escape personal tragedy any more than the rest of us. The story about the son killed in the train wreck was heartbreaking.

@jjrevab1118 2 жыл бұрын

Vice-President John Nance Garner was born on November 22, 1868. On November 22, 1963, he celebrated his 95th birthday. President John Kennedy, who was visiting Texas at the time, called the former Vice-President to wish him well. Shortly after the call, President Kennedy embarked on a motorcade drive through downtown Dallas. Sadly, not every Presidential assassin misses the mark.

@danielfronc4304 2 жыл бұрын

An excellent lesson in presidential history. Thanks!

@ZER0ZER0SE7EN 2 жыл бұрын

VP Garner would have made a terrible president. He was bad in meetings and usually brought up his beliefs in the occult. Roosevelt's aides recognized this and FDR's failing health. They came to the president to recommend a new running mate for the 1944 election. Garner was sent to the Soviet Far East to check on lend-lease to the USSR. Garner was clueless when visiting a Soviet slave labor camp and praised the hard work and nice conditions of the workers. When he returned to the USA he was told he would be replaced by Truman.

@jjrevab1118 2 жыл бұрын

@@ZER0ZER0SE7EN John Nance Garner probably would have made a horrendous President, especially given the grave nature of the problems of the day. He was replaced as Vice-President by Henry A. Wallace, not Harry Truman.

@tomservo56954 2 жыл бұрын

@@jjrevab1118 And Wallace was replaced by Truman because he was considered too progressive (he ran as a 3rd party candidate in 1948)

@tomservo56954 2 жыл бұрын

@@jjrevab1118 He was the one who equated the office of Vice-President to "a warm pitcher of spit"

@arrjay2410 2 жыл бұрын

There is a whole genre of Science Fiction built around "what ifs". "The Man in the High Castle" is one of the better known.

@johngreen3543 2 жыл бұрын

Almost all the electric chairs were called "Old Sparky".

@jjohnsonTX 2 жыл бұрын

Old Sparky needs to be brought back into service.

@allenschmitz9644 2 жыл бұрын

@@jjohnsonTX Yea call it 5G.

@beagledog5094 2 жыл бұрын

As a Canadian, I still find you the most entertaining history teacher in my over 60 years of learning. Like Molly Bell, my high school history teachers were so boring, so much so that I was forced to take other subjects so I wouldn't fall asleep in school. I like that you don't only teach American history. How refreshing.

@Thor-rq4lk 2 жыл бұрын

I feel terrible about Agent Craig. He seems to have been a really good and brave man.

@FoxMacLeod2501 2 жыл бұрын

I agree. To add insult to all that, his moderately-notorious, evangelical, contemporary namesake is not nearly worthy of the name.

@richardea4223 2 жыл бұрын

Congratulations Biden! You just replaced your predecessor, Pierce, as the worst president ever. 😎

@JeffDeWitt 2 жыл бұрын

@@richardea4223 0bama already did that, now Biden is even worse that 0bama.

@erikkovacs3097 2 жыл бұрын

I'm nostalgic for that days that a murderer committing murder in front of hundreds of witnesses is tried, convicted and executed in less than 30 days.

@TheKulu42 2 жыл бұрын

While there is the "Great Man Theory" that suggests history hinges of certain influential individuals, I think there's also the "Happenchance Theory." That trolley hit Roosevelt's carriage because some people were late ,but what if everyone had been on time? What if there was no chair for that short assassin to stand on? History often hinges on the seemingly small details.

@almostfm 2 жыл бұрын

It also highlights something that's true of just about any disaster-very rarely does it not require a whole chain of events to happen. My "go to" example is the O2 tank explosion on Apollo 13-there were at least _six_ separate significant things that all had to happen to set the stage for that explosion.

@kesmarn 2 жыл бұрын

What if the woman standing in front of the assassin hadn't grabbed his arm?

@stuartwald2395 2 жыл бұрын

One of the most discussed: if a wrong turn hadn't left Archduke Franz Ferdinand right in front of an assassin who couldn't hit anything with his pistol beyond very short range.

@goodun2974 2 жыл бұрын

The short guy with the gun probably brought his own chair.

@TheKulu42 2 жыл бұрын

@@stuartwald2395 Definitely. And what if the assassin had gone somewhere else to get a cup of coffee? So many factors had to come together.

@cdjhyoung 2 жыл бұрын

Another contra thought: Had John Kennedy not been assassinated, it is unlikely the US would have seen the Voting Rights Act passed or the Great Society legislation. Both were passed under the Johnson presidency using his overwhelming skills as a legislative leader and Johnson's use of the memory of Kennedy to gain overwhelming support for the acts.

@markrossow6303 2 жыл бұрын

...and LBJ shifted emphasis of anti-Communism fight from Cuba to Republic of Viet Nam... Altho' he later tried to withdraw U.S. in 1968, after Gen. Westmoreland, the Vietnam War from U.S. perspective depended on JFK assasination in '63... and then on the campaign of Tricky Dick Nixon ("Best Poker Player in U.S. Navy") in '68

@cdjhyoung 2 жыл бұрын

@@markrossow6303 I wish I could time travel. I'd love to see how the French diplomats convince the US during Eisenhower's administration(A man I have a deep respect for) to take this loosing battle over the reunification of the two Viet Namese counties and turn it into the US's war to stop Communism? That must have been one hell of a sales job. Kennedy and Johnson bought into it too. But I guess at that time, our Federal leaders thought the US was old Rome and we could beat any enemy, real or perceived into submission.

@markrossow6303 2 жыл бұрын

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@rebeccaquartieri5509 2 жыл бұрын

Would it really.......i doubt it.

@rebeccaquartieri5509 2 жыл бұрын

I bet there was pressure put on Johnson to pass those acts like winning the '64 election.

@scubaguy007 2 жыл бұрын

So did the top brass of the Pittsfield railway company suffer any consequences for breaking the rules and putting a trolley in service for their own selfish reasons? 🤨

@mccmac2 2 жыл бұрын

Apparently the company paid the fine on behalf of the driver and then gave him his job back after the accident according to the New England historical Society! It appears the brass got off scot free and poor Euclid got the blame.

@scubaguy007 2 жыл бұрын

@@mccmac2 well done and thank you for your investigative efforts.

@richardcline1337 2 жыл бұрын

@@mccmac2, isn't that always the way it happens? Money always buys the best "justice" that can be found.

@Guitcad1 2 жыл бұрын

7:57 Pierce was a "doughface." "Doughboy" was the term for US soldiers in World War I.

@qpSubZeroqp 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this correction. I hope it gets more recognition

@mikejones9961 2 жыл бұрын

don't you mean he was called "doughface."

@jliller 2 жыл бұрын

Dropped down to the comments to note the same correction.

@constancemiller3753 2 жыл бұрын

Thought that sounded off..🤔

@kayzeaza 2 жыл бұрын

I think he just misspoke

@torgeirbrandsnes1916 2 жыл бұрын

Great vlog as always! King Olav of Norway was once asked why he did not have any bodyguards. «I do not need it. I have 4 mill of them.»

@thunderbird1921 2 жыл бұрын

Christian X of Denmark did similarly. When Nazi German troops occupied the country during World War II, one of their officers said to the locals, "If that man riding his horse is your king, where is his bodyguard?" The locals looked him squarely in the eye and said "All of Denmark is his bodyguard".

@nickabbott6278 2 жыл бұрын

@@thunderbird1921 Weren't they brothers or something like that?

@njcurmudgeon 2 жыл бұрын

A few years ago, I was researching an article about a claim that the first outdoor flash photo was taken in Elizabeth, New Jersey (it wasn’t actually the first). The claim was made for a nighttime photo of President Woodrow Wilson who came to make a speech at the city’s National Guard Armory. Newspapers reported his motorcade took a route paralleling a streetcar line and, as with the case with Roosevelt mentioned in this video, the streetcars were supposed to be stopped. A motorman evidently did not get the memo and when his passengers recognized Wilson, the egged him on to give chase. He was stopped by Secret Service who inserted their car between the streetcar and Wilson’s car and threatening to arrest him on the spot. While a minor thing, it is a curious reminder that, back when streetcars were more ubiquitous in such urban areas, they were a potential “threat” that Secret Service had to look out for.

@davidvogel6359 2 жыл бұрын

You could also add George Washington and Harry Truman to that list. George Washington had several holes in his coat while leading the army and Truman was almost shot in Blair house while the White House was being rebuilt.

@AaronOfMpls 2 жыл бұрын

Oh yah -- and if THG hasn't done a video about that already, then I imagine he will eventually!

@rebeccaquartieri5509 2 жыл бұрын

Not to mention President Ford who was almost assassinated twice.

@AaronOfMpls 2 жыл бұрын

@@rebeccaquartieri5509 Yup, by Squeaky Fromme and... * *looks it up* * ...Sarah Jane Moore.

@goodun2974 2 жыл бұрын

"The River of Doubt" is an excellent historical recounting of Roosevelt's post-presidential expedition in South America.

@wills.9807 2 жыл бұрын

His trip up the Fever river with his son, Grover. The man was made from stronger stuff that only comes along once in a great while. He must have been wired for pain in an advantageous way, lord knows that he must have been in a great deal of it after his many, many scrapes with death. I don't know much about the politics of his time, but I've always inspired by the person that he was.

@goodun2974 2 жыл бұрын

@@wills.9807 , TR was a complicated guy, as we might say nowadays. A sickly child who constantly threw himself into a physical regimen that should have killed him. A self-styled "man of the people" who came from money, and who used and manipulated the press, sometimes having fake photographs made of himself doing manly outdoor things. A man who loved playing and rough-housing with his other children, but largely ignored his daughter Alice, who turned out to be a miserable high-society type. On the one hand he was a reformer and fought against police corruption and corporate corruption of government. On the other hand he was very much a believer in the "manifest destiny" of America and believed we had a right to throw our weight around in Cuba, the Phillipines and Central America ---- he actually fomented a Nicaraguan/Columbian civil war in order to get an advantageous geographical route for building the Panama Canal. In this unfortunate regard he set the stage for presidential administrations to come.

@shawnharrington9548 2 жыл бұрын

You should teach history teachers how to teach history.

@mrpopeshistoryclass7285 2 жыл бұрын

Honestly part of the issue, atleast in my experience is that History is just given to coaches who don't really wanna teach but have to.

@cdjhyoung 2 жыл бұрын

@@mrpopeshistoryclass7285 Good observation. No subject deserves to be taught by a person that loves more than history.

@bitjockey6265 2 жыл бұрын

Could lack of tests be part of THG's appeal?

@theducklinghomesteadandgar6639 2 жыл бұрын

@@mrpopeshistoryclass7285 So true, but if they're going to teach it they should learn from THG!!!!!!!

@josephmastroianni1560 2 жыл бұрын

@@cdjhyoung I'm just a regular person in Boston media. We lie about massacres n stuff. Day1 US HISTORY CLASS. Lets see who wins. BOSTON MEDIA. DJT INCLUDED SOME POINT "The media is the enemy of free people" President Trump. 2.24.17 OR UNITED STATES GOVT.

@scotttyson607 2 жыл бұрын

Teddy Roosevelt was always interested in new technology. He was the first president to travel underwater in an experimental submarine in 1905. He also wanted to be the first president to fly and planed to attend an exhibition where Orville Wright was demonstrating his machine for the military. This occurred on September 17 1908. Some other business delayed Roosevelt from attending the event. It is fortunate that he was not there because the propeller broke after several test flights and the crash resulted in the death of Orvilles passenger. Had Roosevelt attended the exhibition, he certainly would have wanted to take a flight and he might have need up being the world's first airline fatality.

@waterishdrake8693 2 жыл бұрын

The US couldn’t get that lucky. He was one of the worst Presidents in our history

@billythekid3234 2 жыл бұрын

@@waterishdrake8693 HE'S JUST WHO WE NEED RIGHT NOW, , IMO,,,,,

@gmc1284 2 жыл бұрын

@@waterishdrake8693 I disagree he wasn't a dirty politician he really cared about the people and the country.Jimmy Carter was one of the worst but he's got competition Joe Biden is giving it his all to destroy the US.and us

@wv171 2 жыл бұрын

Now days only thing lyes more than a Politician is there TV ad's now showing during there whole 4 year terms. Why cover there crooked actions.

@cynicalrabbit915 2 жыл бұрын

@@waterishdrake8693 What made him that in retrospect was the people around him were corrupt. He himself was evidently oblivious.

@dogwithhat947 2 жыл бұрын

Imagine being the guy who nearly killed one of the best presidents ever because you weren’t able to beat the carriage

@LordFalconsword 2 жыл бұрын

Might have been a lot of people he put in concentration camps who didn't think he was such a great president.

@MegaJessness 2 жыл бұрын

@@LordFalconsword Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin Roosevelt were cousins, not the same people. Theodore was nearly killed by the trolley, and Franklin ordered Japanese-Americans to be put in internment camps for the duration of WW2.

@arrow1414 2 жыл бұрын

Sort of the reverse of the usual road vehicle vs. train collisions. Usually it is the idiot road driver trying to beat the train at the crossing. The trolly motorman should've served at least two years instead of a mere six months.

@andrewsparadise 2 жыл бұрын

@@LordFalconsword How does that foot of yours taste? Being both wrong and judgmental in hindsight is a great look!! Not a huge fan of FDR, but kind of tired of people judging individuals in history by today's standards. It is almost like people are flawed, but learn, evolve and are a product of the times they live in . . . . . Not trying to bust your balls too hard, as we are also flawed men . . . . . but your comment was pretty eyeroll worthy.

$@jamesfracasse8178$

@jamesfracasse8178 2 жыл бұрын

@@andrewsparadise you like the taste of feet 🐾

@RhettyforHistory 2 жыл бұрын

I had no idea about any of these three events. I was familiar with the other assassination attempts you mentioned happening. It's crazy to think about Teddy cheating death twice like that.

@nadiazahroon6573 2 жыл бұрын

Don’t u love this guy.

@nadiazahroon6573 2 жыл бұрын

My regret has been never being able to hear Roosevelt during his presidency.

@RhettyforHistory 2 жыл бұрын

@@nadiazahroon6573 I do and he's certainly the best in history on youtube! Good to see you on hear Nadia!

@thunderbird1921 2 жыл бұрын

I didn't know until recently that George W. Bush was nearly assassinated on a foreign policy trip in the country of Georgia. A guy threw a grenade onto the platform, but miraculously, the cloth wrapped around it kept the handle from activating. It likely saved President Bush's life.

@loganmpe7559 2 жыл бұрын

I too failed history in high school and was even _expelled_ in my junior year. I'm now a retired mechanical engineer! Who knew? I love your presentations and I love history, the history teachers weren't into their subject and were _boring_ as a result!

@a15thcenturysuitofgothicarmor 2 жыл бұрын

Man I love it when he says "A bullet can not stop a bull moose."

@allenschmitz9644 2 жыл бұрын

45-70?

@Scaliad 2 жыл бұрын

I always liked history class in school, learned a lot, and made decent grades, but I just never saw much future in it...

@828enigma6 2 жыл бұрын

I see what you did.

@richardmycroft5336 2 жыл бұрын

@@828enigma6 What did he did? Actually I think what he did is brilliant.

@richardmycroft5336 2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful comment Gary. I'd salute you but I've never been in any military, but have been involved with law enforcement. I'm leaving something out. Oh, got it. I was only once the subject of an investigation and to the proposed charge I confessed, just because dissembling is not my way, unless the wife is involved of course. We all have our hidden secrets from our wives, unless one is a masochist. Anyway, the person who could have pressed charges decided not to do so. And my family was deeply ashamed of me, for about two weeks. After that they let me back in the house with handcuffs on. I still get chained up and have to wear black latex pantaloons as it seems I look pretty good in those. I really did now what I was getting into when I uttered the fateful words, "I do."

@Dathanswick1 2 жыл бұрын

OK, I need a black dress shirt and a purple bow tie. That is a smart looking ensemble.

@daleolson3506 2 жыл бұрын

Only the greatest can carry that off. Lol

@grahamrankin4725 2 жыл бұрын

I remember an episode of The Untouchables that had Elliot Ness trying to thwart an attempt on the life of the Mayor of Chicago by bootleggers only to have him killed by an anarchist trying to shoot FDR.

@bobcastro9386 2 жыл бұрын

There is some speculation that Zangara was coerced into shooting Cermak by the Chicago mob but the proximity to Roosevelt distracted the investigators and the press of the real target. Don't know how accurate that theory is, but makes an interesting 'assassination camouflauge."

@CYCLONE4499 2 жыл бұрын

From historians everywhere we salute you 👏

@Wes32168 2 жыл бұрын

Very good episode Professor! We need to thank our lucky stars we didn't lose either Roosevelt! Keep 'em coming!

@qwertyuiopgarth 2 жыл бұрын

Roosevelt's near-assassination is more of a 'close-thing' than your story - the speech was so thick, and Roosevelt had the glasses, because of an eye-injury he sustained while sparring with a member of the Secret Service. If Roosevelt hadn't had that injury he wouldn't have had the thick speech or glasses that saved his life.

@alexius23 2 жыл бұрын

I had never heard the details about Teddy Roosevelt or Franklin Pierce before this..

@Shinzon23 2 жыл бұрын

What if scenarios like these are always fascinating

@doriWyo 2 жыл бұрын

That tie is my favorite color! Looks good on you. I remember seeing President Kennedy's plane landing in Cheyenne. He had to transfer to a smaller one, because Laramie Airport could not accommodate the bigger one. I believe that it was just days before the assassination.

@ryanbond3259 2 жыл бұрын

Mr history guy, I want to say thank you and your family for yalls wonderful service. You teach so many, so much! I wish you had been my history teacher in high school!

@657449 2 жыл бұрын

“What if” can lead to some great discussions. Life today would have been different if Franz Ferdinand wasn’t killed in 1914 and the Great War (and later the Even Greater War) never happened. What if Hitler was killed in the 1923 Putsch? I think Ernst Rohm would have taken his place . What if Stalin had died in 1945 instead of Roosevelt?

@thomasschwartz555 2 жыл бұрын

I don't know ...the situation was that even the attempt on Ferdinand would have set off WWI ...the tensions were really high in Europe that summer. As to Hitler the guy gained being chancellor by 1 vote. ONE VOTE. I observed in one county election a tax proposition went down to defeat by just 5 votes...just 5 votes! The powers that be quickly changed voting to simple majority instead of 2/3rds carries the day.

@bbrjmr 2 жыл бұрын

Nice haircut. Lookin' good. Have a good weekend. Stay safe.

@richpontone1 2 жыл бұрын

During the American Revolution, a British Army sharp shooter had then General George Washington in his gun sight but refused to take the shot. The reason, "A Gentleman does not shoot an enemy soldier who does not have a weapon in his hand". The same thing happened in WW1 when a British Army sergeant refused to shoot then Corporal Adolf Hitler for the same reason. But, here is the real kicker. Victorious General Ulysses S Grant and his wife were to sit in the same opera box as President Abraham Lincoln with his wife at Ford's Theater where John Wilkes Booth fired his fatal shot. However, Grant's wife so disliked Lincoln's wife, whom she thought was insane that she forced her husband to refuse the President's invitation. Instead, they traveled to New Jersey on that fateful night. Booth would have loved to have assassinated both men at the same time.

@andrewsparadise 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the little nugget! Love when people add to the story here.... its why i read the comments on THG videos. Probably some history that deserves to be remembered!

@richpontone1 2 жыл бұрын

@@andrewsparadise Not really nuggets. What would History be with a Dead Hitler, Washington and Grant before they headed their respective Nations? Tough Nuggets to chew on there.

@andrewsparadise 2 жыл бұрын

@@richpontone1 To say history, nevertheless the world as we know it would be radically different!

@gordonblank6845 2 жыл бұрын

Good thing Booth had a single shot Derringer.

@richardpontone6360 2 жыл бұрын

@@gordonblank6845 Booth also had a knife and wounded an Army officer who was in the booth with Lincoln.

@mactheknife7049 2 жыл бұрын

I thought THG was going to keep going back in time and touch on the USS Princeton tragedy of February 29, 1844. The FDR assassination attempt could really have been more problematic than imagined - had it taken place a month earlier and Roosevelt killed, there would've been a constitutional question whether Vice President-elect Garner could succeed. But roughly three weeks earlier, the 20th Amendment was ratified by four states, pushing it over the magic number necessary to become immediate law.

@ELCADAROSA 2 жыл бұрын

I recently watched "The Man in the High Castle". A rather alarming version of history had things gone different.

@patrickyeager7994 2 жыл бұрын

Great job on the History love it. You should have your own TV show . Either way your Awesome.

@McTeerZor 2 жыл бұрын

Let us not forget when a US destroyer almost torpedoed the US battleship that FDR was traveling on. The US battleship turned its guns on the US destroyer and ordered it to immediately fall out of line, and to pass on a plausible excuse immediately or they would be fired upon. Love that story!

@gbonkers666 2 жыл бұрын

Mentioned this above!

@SheplerStudios 2 жыл бұрын

What a wonderful episode. THG is a KZfaq treasure!

@assessor1276 2 жыл бұрын

Isn’t it remarkable how some presidencies that had such promise nearly ended - to the great benefit of the nation, while others with such obviously dire consequences seemed to proceed without incident - to the clear detriment of the country.

@marvinegreen 2 жыл бұрын

I was sitting by the pool here in MD exchanging stories with a retired secret service guy. Turns out that back in the early '70s we were a few feet apart when I stood in a receiving line at a CA hospital opening to shake Richard Nixon's hand.

@Jerry-dk8se 2 жыл бұрын

Always finding new pieces of history that wasn't taught in public school... Thanks again for these tidbits THG! 👍🇺🇸

@lynnmori3282 2 жыл бұрын

The Man in the High Castle is an excellent show. I enjoy history more now than I did in High School. Folks like the History Guy are the reason. Keep up the good work, please!

@thomaspaine3395 2 жыл бұрын

... Jackson preceded to beat him with a cane. That's so Andrew Jackson lol

@murphy13295 2 жыл бұрын

And an understatement . Jackson gave the would be a sever beating . Jackson had to restrained by several men . Jackson wanted to kill him .

@kesmarn 2 жыл бұрын

Jackson's take on it would probably have been that a good guy with a cane is necessary to defeat a bad guy with two guns.

@ardellewachter1649 2 жыл бұрын

I have always loved history, your presentations are superb!

@uralbob1 2 жыл бұрын

Great stuff! Yet another bullseye for the History Guy!

@dbmail545 2 жыл бұрын

Holy cow! I did not know that FDR's would be assassin was executed at Starke.

@chrisslky7018 2 жыл бұрын

TR will always be my favorite President. I was so happy to serve on CVN-71!

@jwflyaway 2 жыл бұрын

Enjoy today video, learn some much in less 15 minutes video, you very good teacher.

@sillyone52062 Жыл бұрын

Some of us can personally remember "Squeaky" Fromme's supposed attempt on Gerald Ford in the '79's. There was another attempt in which the weapon was fired, but I forget the details.

@stevedietrich8936 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent video THG. I knew of the attempt on TR while giving a speech, and the completion of the speech, and of Jackson thrashing a would be assassin, but the information about FDR was completely new to me. Thanks for the history, and for the glimpse of "what if?".

@SvdSinner 2 жыл бұрын

You should do an episode on the most interesting last words given by a prisoner about to be executed.

@havocmaverick 2 жыл бұрын

Good stuff, I like alternative history, it is good to think what might of happened. The best one is if Woodrow Wilson did not become president and teddy won instead.

@rogerknights857 2 жыл бұрын

If ranked choice voting (RCV) had been in operation then, Teddy might have won.

@havocmaverick 2 жыл бұрын

@@rogerknights857 he would have had less than 1/3 the vote coming in last. Going against the incumbent president and another popular person at the same time is tough.

@rogerknights857 2 жыл бұрын

@@havocmaverick You might be right. But OTOH, RCV systems tend to favor middle of the road candidates, because they are the second choice of those who prefer more extreme politicians. Teddy wanted more governmental regulation and intervention than Taft and less than Wilson. So maybe….

@christinekilpatrick1952 2 жыл бұрын

My husband and I love history and visiting historical sites. We lived in Canada for 9 years, history was all over Niagara Falls, Grimsby and Toronto Ontario. Most people have no idea what once went on around 1912-1914 there. Cheers from Austin Texas.

@Kejogre 2 жыл бұрын

You always make it so fun to listen!

@stevedietrich8936 2 жыл бұрын

Good morning and Happy Friday THG

@WaitWhat-jy9ck 2 жыл бұрын

Great video. Thanks HG!

@redriver6541 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent video. Fantastic job. Thank you.

@w.m.woodward2833 2 жыл бұрын

Another fine episode! We seldom think of what was "almost" History ... That deserves to be remembered!

@thomwhite1871 2 жыл бұрын

Very interesting angle on historic time lines and " what if's " ! Keep up the great work! Thanks!

@josephstevens9888 2 жыл бұрын

Andrew Jackson turned on his would-be assassin and beat him with his cane - Old Hickory was one, tough old bird! History Guy - I thoroughly enjoy your work.. good job!

@newperve 2 жыл бұрын

Cassius Clay: You went too easy on him, carry a bowie knife like a real man.

@shawnr771 2 жыл бұрын

He was so tough his parrot was removed from his funeral proceedings for swearing.

@genericnpc6379 2 жыл бұрын

he beat him so bad, the other senitors had to pull him off.

@rogerknights857 2 жыл бұрын

IIRC, the canes men carried in those days sometimes had weights in their knobs, so when swung from the other end they could deal a crushing blow.

@newperve 2 жыл бұрын

@@rogerknights857 "It's just a cane to walk. To walk unmolested by muggers or thugs."

@chocolatechip12 2 жыл бұрын

Looking extra sharp today!

@catherinepraus8635 2 жыл бұрын

Love this thank you

@johnvincent9685 2 жыл бұрын

I LOVE these history videos. Keep em coming. Thank you.

@lachesisatropos5139 2 жыл бұрын

You and Mark Felton Productions are a must watch! Appreciate you channel so much!

@donrimel7500 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this episode. Seeing the events to might have impacted history is a great idea. What if...allows you to look at what happened from a different perspective.

@bobbybecker6435 2 жыл бұрын

Very well done! You have made us appreciate things the way they were.

@callenclarke371 2 жыл бұрын

FANTASTIC CONTENT! You are batting a thousand History Guy! Well done!

@bradley-eblesisor 2 жыл бұрын

Dapper as always. Entertaining as always. Informative as always. 👍

@kurtoheim6183 2 жыл бұрын

Seriously, you are a great teller of history! I thoroughly enjoy every video you produce!

@raywood8187 2 жыл бұрын

I hope you do more of the Almost History videos. It's intriguing to think what if and the almosts are as interesting at times as the what dids.

@RatelLaw 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing

@kylemcauly7663 2 жыл бұрын

love your vids! love ur background, set wise.... love your world views and passion of history!!!!!!!!

@nilo70 2 жыл бұрын

ThankYou History Guy !

@uralbob1 4 ай бұрын

Great episode! Thank you!

@declanoleary1 2 жыл бұрын

Keep'em coming, as ever enlightened

@richardmycroft5336 2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant as usual. I was very lucky in high school to have an instructor who didn't just read the tripe found in our history text. Instead he went into why certain things happened, not just the usual method of saying what had happened. Due to his instruction I learned to question the accepted narrative. My history teacher attended Kent State University, and was there when the National Guard shot four students dead. The Feds sent in investigators to find out what had happened and my instructor was in a group of three students and one of the federal investigators standing on a street corner when a police car rolled by and casually tossed out a tear grenade. Let's just say the federal investigator suddenly became a lot more disinclined to listen to the stories told by the police or the National Guardsmen. And from that I got a fantastic history teacher.

@edschermerhorn5415 2 жыл бұрын

This and your episode about the Princeton incident definitely makes you think! Excellent episode as always

@danieldelaney9525 2 жыл бұрын

Great episode!

@bonniekane8547 2 жыл бұрын

This was great!

@Robert-lg2bl 9 ай бұрын

Awesome video! Thank you.

@raybarron316 2 жыл бұрын

I was vaguely familiar with the events but not the details you in included. Thanks to you and your team.

@bruceporter8978 9 ай бұрын

Thank you for all your stories. I’ve learned so much.

@ronniewatkins 2 жыл бұрын

Great info THG!!!

@frankgulla2335 2 жыл бұрын

Very nicely done sir, and what an interesting (and sad) story about Pierce. While I was aware of an attempt on Franlin's life, I had forgotten the accident with the Teddy and the trolley. Thank you.