dr. stephen hardin. dr. hardin is a professor of history at mcmurray university in abilene. he's the author of "the texas rangers," the award-winning "texian iliad," "the military history of the texas revolution." "the alamo 1836: santa ana's texas campaign." and "texian macabrar:p the melancholy tale of a hanging in early houston." additionally he's the editor of the book "lone star: the republic of texas 1836 to 1846." and is the author of more than a dozen scholarly articles enjoyed by readers on both sides of the atlantic. recently "texan iliad" earned the distinction of being a basic texas book by mike cox, who updates that list now. when not teaching in the classroom dr. hardin can be seen on a&e network, the history channel, nbc's "today" show. he's known for his readable style of history. he's an inductee of the texas institute of letters, an admiral in the texas navy, a member of the western writers of america, a fellow of the texas state historical association, and was a historical adviser for the 2004 john lee hancock film "the alamo." the chronicles of higher edu

dr. hardin. [ applause ] >> just over 30 years ago, sandra day o'connor became the first woman appointed to the u.s. supreme court. tomorrow the former justice takes part in a discussion looking at her career. the three women who followed her to the high court and still currently serve. events hosted by the supreme court historical society and freedom forum and you can see it live at 6:30 p.m. eastern on cspan 2. also tomorrow, live coverage of the indiana senate republican primary debate between senator richard lugar and challenger, who serves as indiana treasurer. the hoosier state holds its primary may 8th. is begins at 7:00 p.m. on cspan, or listen on cspan radio. april 15th, 1912, nearly 1,500 perish on the ship called "unsinkable." >> once the lookout bells were sounded, once the lookout sighted an iceberg ahead. they struck the bells, in the process, three times, ding, ding, ding, which is a warning saying there is some object ahead. doesn't mean dead ahead. means ahead of the ship. doesn't say what kind of object. with the lookout, after they struck the bell, he went to a telepho

dr. lee, the coroner over in hardin county.all, i want to extend my sympathies to you for the loss of roy. have you got a moment i can talk with you right now, or is this a bad time to catch you? >> dr. lee is still a practicing dentist when he's not serving as the county's plain folks coroner has a soothing bedside manner. >> it's tough to talk to you under these circumstances but i wanted to give you the opportunity, if there's any questions you have, anything i can try to help you with. >> first off, roy's mother wants to know details of the shooting. >> yes, ma'am, probably a single shot. probably. >> then the coroner does his best to convince her to delay seeing her son. >> you know, he laid under the ground there for about a week or so. so he's -- it's going to be tough to view him. i'll just be frank with you. >> he finishes with his standard but sincere offer. >> if anything comes up i don't care if it's 2:00 in the morning, if there's something you've got on your mind, don't hesitate to holler at me, okay? >> roy's par