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American artist Andy Warhol (1928 - 1987) in London in 1984. (AGIP/RDA/Getty Images)

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Henry VII is crowned near Bosworth

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The daily hustle and bustle in the busy fishing port of Newlyn in Penzance, Cornwall, c1870. (Photo by Gibson/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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