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Emily Davison, photographed a few days before she was fatally injured after stepping in front of the king's horse during the Derby

Emily Davison: the suffragette who stepped in front of the king's horse

1924's British Empire Exhibition: the empire’s last hurrah?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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British Army National Service recruits

National Service: here's what you need to know about the history of Brits being conscripted into the Armed Forces

A composite image of athlete Gertrude Ederle and actor Daisy Ridley

Gertrude Ederle: the first woman to swim the English Channel

A photograph of Huey P Newton sat at an event.

Is The Big Cigar true? The real story of how a fake Hollywood film helped Black Panther Huey P Newton escape the FBI

Did a UFO crash as Roswell?

The Roswell incident: Did the US Government cover up an alien crash in 1947? The real history that challenges the conspiracy

From balls to Bridgerton: a brief history of debutantes and the social season

A composite image showing Kent State University students protesting the Vietnam War, and pro-Democracy demonstrators marching towards Tiananmen Square in 1989

The violent history of student protest. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

History Behind the Headlines: student protests down the centuries. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Swedish pop group ABBA performs during the Eurovision Song Contest

When was the first Eurovision and who won? Plus 6 facts on the history of the song contest

Oleg Gordievsky

Oleg Gordievsky: the double agent who changed the course of the Cold War

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Mysterious moody trees at night.

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OJ Simpson confers with lawyers during his murder trial

What the OJ Simpson trial revealed about modern America. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Being Black and gay in postwar Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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British prime minister Harold Wilson, March 1967. (Photo by Michael Stroud/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Harold Wilson: 5 facts about the Labour Party prime minister

Conspiracy Revisited: The JFK assassination – Oswald’s second murder. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

History Behind the Headlines: the Bengal famine. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Spying in the Troubles: the murky world of double agents in Northern Ireland. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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