Ken Burns: References & Edit History

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Add new Web site: NPR - Filmmaker Ken Burns: Public broadcasting is a 'purely American expression'. Oct 30, 2026
Anniversary information added. Jul 25, 2026
Added Ken Burns Effect video. Nov 15, 2025
Completely revised the article, added discussion of The American Revolution, Top Questions, and media. Nov 11, 2025
Add new Web site: ABC listen - Late Night Live - CLASSIC LNL: History Maker - Ken Burns. Jun 13, 2025
Add new Web site: Fresh Air Archive - Ken Burns. Apr 23, 2025
Added the documentary Leonardo da Vinci. Nov 19, 2024
Add new Web site: Premiere Speakers Bureau - Ken Burns. Jul 23, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Apr 30, 2024
Added the docuseries The U.S. and the Holocaust. Sep 18, 2022
Added the documentary series Muhammad Ali. Sep 22, 2021
Added the docuseries Hemingway. Apr 08, 2021
Added the documentary series Country Music. Sep 16, 2019
Added the documentary The Mayo Clinic: Faith—Hope—Science. Sep 27, 2018
Add new Web site: National Endowment for the Humanities - Biography of Ken Burns. May 11, 2018
Added the documentary series The Vietnam War. Sep 18, 2017
Noted the release of the documentary Jackie Robinson (2016). Apr 15, 2016
Noted the release of the documentary Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies (2015). Jan 29, 2016
Noted the release of The Roosevelts: An Intimate History (2014). Jan 30, 2015
Add new Web site: Turner Classic Movies - Ken Burns. Feb 21, 2013
Add new Web site: AllMovie - Biography of Ken Burns. Feb 21, 2013
Added the documentaries The Dust Bowl (2012) and The Central Park Five (2012). Nov 21, 2012
Added the documentary series Prohibition (2011). Oct 03, 2011
Add new Web site: Official Site of Ken Burns. Jun 29, 2011
Add new Web site: Fact Monster - People - Biography of Ken Burns. Jun 28, 2011
Add assembly ID 148894 (asset ID 144850) to this WIP. Nov 12, 2010
Media added. Oct 08, 2010
Added the documentary The Tenth Inning (2010). Sep 29, 2010
Added the documentary series The National Parks: America's Best Idea (2009). Oct 06, 2009
New article added. Jan 23, 2009
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