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16 remarkable moments in the history of the Oscars
Think you know everything about the history of Thanksgiving? Here’s 21 facts that will prove you wrong
When was the White House built – and why is it white?
Is Oppenheimer a true story? Meet the real Robert Oppenheimer, ‘father of the atomic bomb’
Are Bertha and George Russell real? Inside the real Vanderbilt divorces that rocked the Gilded Age
Was the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the US in WW2 justified?
Was JFK about to be re-elected? An expert weighs in on the president's lost second term
“Risks he should never have taken”: a historian’s take on JFK’s sexual waywardness
What happened at the battles of Lexington and Concord?
Black America on British airwaves. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Where does the term redneck come from?
The JFK assassination attempt you’ve never heard of
13 famous cowboys and gunslingers from the history of the American Wild West
The man in the coonskin cap: your guide to Davy Crockett
6 shocking presidential scandals that rocked the White House: from the Petticoat Affair to Clinton-Lewinsky
Life after the White House: what the US presidents did next
Charlotta Bass: the first woman of colour to run for US vice president
Lincoln, Adams and George W Bush: 6 disputed presidential elections in American history
What is Greek life?
The lost Kennedy: the tragic life of JFK’s sister Rosemary
What was the Chappaquiddick incident?
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