American history

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A portrait of sharpshooter Annie Oakley holding a shotgun, mid 1880s. (Photo by Underwood Archives/Getty Images)

Annie Oakley: the most famous sharpshooter in America . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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An iconic figure in running history, Kathrine Switzer is the first woman to have officially run the Boston Marathon. (Photo by Getty Images)

From running marathons to working the nightshift: 8 surprising things women were banned from doing through history . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A vintage photo of the RMS Titantic departing Southampton on 10 April 1912

Your history guide to RMS Titanic, plus 12 fascinating facts about the disaster

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Wiretapping: a secret history . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Atomic bomb damage in the city of Hiroshima, 1945

Second World War

Was the US justified in dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during the Second World War?

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Benjamin Franklin: portrait of a revolutionary . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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A cartoon published by Benjamin Franklin c1770 urging the colonies to unite and resist British rule. (Photo by MPI/Getty Images)

Benjamin Franklin: from British patriot to American hero . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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United States and Nato flags fly above US Air Force fighter jets in Lithuania

Is the future of Nato under threat? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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King George III (r1760–1820), seen here in his coronation robes, was mentally unfit to rule during the final decade of his life. (Image by Getty Images)

What if… George III hadn't 'lost' the colonies? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Four flapper women line up along a wall and chug bottles of liquor in the 1920s.

Flappers, sanitary pads and public drinking: was the 1920s a time of increased liberation for women?

The 30th Annual Academy Awards, Los Angeles, 1958. (Ralph Crane/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

13 remarkable moments in the history of the Oscars

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Prohibition: busting myths about the ban on booze . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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President Bill Clinton laughs at Boris Yeltsin's joke during a joint news conference in Hyde Park, New York, October 1995

“We missed a precious window”: why did America and Russia squander an opportunity for peace in the 1990s? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A portrait of Flora MacDonald, who found fame as a Jacobite heroine sailing Bonnie Prince Charlie to safety

Who was Flora MacDonald?

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Illustration showing a scene from the Battle of Moore's Creek

The Highlanders of North Carolina & the battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.