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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

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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)

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

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

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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

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

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

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A photograph of Al Capone, in a suit, looking into the camera

Your guide to the Prohibition-era gangster Al Capone

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UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, US President Bill Clinton, Russian President Boris Yeltsin, and French President Jacques Chirac at the NATO Summit in May 1997

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US president Richard Nixon (centre) and secretary of state William Rogers (right) at the Great Wall of China during their groundbreaking visit in February 1972. (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)

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Actress Vesta Tilley poses with a bicycle while dressed in male uniform

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