The venerable and popular kid's show, Rugrats, featured a Chanukah episode that was both parts entertaining and wildly informative of how and why the holiday came to be.
Chanukah finally hits the White House as the Israeli Prime Minister presented a menorah to President Truman.
In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln declared Thanksgiving to be the last Thursday in November only to find that it overlapped that year with one of Chanukah's eight days. There have only been three other times where that has happened, in 1888, 1899, and 2013.
In 165 BCE, the revolt by the Maccabees in Jerusalem was ultimately successful, as they regained control of the Temple, creating the holiday
