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What was Albert Einstein's involvement in the creation of the atomic bomb?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

OppenheimerIs Nolan perpetuating a historical myth?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Episode 6Legacy. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Episode 5Malcolm X’s assassination. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Episode 4The 1964 Civil Rights Act. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Episode 3The March on Washington. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Episode 2The Montgomery bus boycott. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Episode 1The lynching of Emmett Till. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A ring of poisoners: Hungary’s most notorious murders. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Still from Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), directed by Steven Spielberg (Photo by Allstar Picture Library Limited/Alamy Stock Photo)

“Nasa has finally been dragged back into the UFO debate”: David Clarke on the history of flying saucers. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

UFO sightings: an otherworldly history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A view of the devastation caused by the atomic bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima in Japan on 6 August 1945, a bombed-out building in the foreground

Second World War

What happened to Hiroshima after it was bombed in 1945? How many people died?

Q&AHow did J Robert Oppenheimer react to the first nuclear weapons test?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A photograph of Albert Einstein looking into the camera

Albert Einstein: facts about his life, death, education and work

J Robert Oppenheimer (left), and Cillian Murphy

Oppenheimer: the real history of the ‘father of the atomic bomb’

Oppenheimer: “destroyer of worlds”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, seen in 1975, would have been the leading candidate to be the first person to step on the Moon had the Soviets landed before the US (Photo by Space Frontiers/Getty Images)

What if...The Soviets had landed on the Moon first and won the Space Race?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A range of Barbies at a New York toy fair, 2019

Barbie: a forward-thinking and a behind-the-times image of womanhood. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The newly-completed Central Criminal Court in the City of London, known as the Old Bailey.

Historical Cold CasesThe Murder Of ‘Madame X’. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

How Barbie changed the world. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Britain’s love affair with Edward VII. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Flying saucer

Danny Robins' Paranormal Cold CasesUFO Encounter. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

1980s Britain: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Inflation hit Britain hard in the 1970s. Here activist Erin Pizz addresses a protest by housewives holdiing placards decrying rising food prices in July 1971

Q&AUK inflation: how does today’s economic crisis compare to the 1970s?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Why Britain fell in love with the NHS. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A man winces as he receives a flu vaccination

How Britain fell in love with the NHS. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

NHS nurses holding a baby.

Was there ever a golden age of the NHS?

Alice Marble in the 'Daily News' colour studio.

Alice MarbleThe tennis champion with multiple lives

Gussie Moran playing tennis with her lace knickers on show at the 1949 Wimbledon Championships.

10 scandalous moments in Wimbledon’s history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A time of change: a history of our understanding of the menopause. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.