diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
index a4fab540ba..13292073c2 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
@@ -189,6 +189,7 @@
 from .helsinki import HelsinkiIE
 from .hentaistigma import HentaiStigmaIE
 from .historicfilms import HistoricFilmsIE
+from .history import HistoryIE
 from .hitbox import HitboxIE, HitboxLiveIE
 from .hornbunny import HornBunnyIE
 from .hostingbulk import HostingBulkIE
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/history.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/history.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f86164afe7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/history.py
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+from .common import InfoExtractor
+from ..utils import smuggle_url
+
+
+class HistoryIE(InfoExtractor):
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?history\.com/(?:[^/]+/)+(?P<id>[^/]+?)(?:$|[?#])'
+
+    _TESTS = [{
+        'url': 'http://www.history.com/topics/valentines-day/history-of-valentines-day/videos/bet-you-didnt-know-valentines-day?m=528e394da93ae&s=undefined&f=1&free=false',
+        'md5': '6fe632d033c92aa10b8d4a9be047a7c5',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': 'bLx5Dv5Aka1G',
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'title': "Bet You Didn't Know: Valentine's Day",
+            'description': 'md5:7b57ea4829b391995b405fa60bd7b5f7',
+        },
+        'add_ie': ['ThePlatform'],
+    }]
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        video_id = self._match_id(url)
+
+        webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
+
+        video_url = self._search_regex(
+            r'data-href="[^"]*/%s"[^>]+data-release-url="([^"]+)"' % video_id,
+            webpage, 'video url')
+
+        return self.url_result(smuggle_url(video_url, {'sig': {'key': 'crazyjava', 'secret': 's3cr3t'}}))