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A portrait of Alexander Hamilton by John Trumbull, 1806. (Photo by IanDagnall Computing/Alamy Stock Photo)

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The dark side of Alexander Hamilton

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Phillipa Soo, Renee Elise Goldsberry and Jasmine Cephas Jones as the Schuyler sisters in 'Hamilton'. (Image: Disney+)

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The women of Hamilton: Angelica, Eliza and… Maria Reynolds

Tom Hanks in 'Greyhound' (2020)

Second World War

The real history that inspired WW2 film Greyhound

Phyllis Schlafly

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Freedom fighters: the enslaved people who fought for the abolition of slavery. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Huge sun setting over power lines and palm trees in California. (Photo by Getty Images)

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The bikini was showcased to the world for the first time in July 1946. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

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8 historical events that happened in July

Pyongyang wreckage, Korean War

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The Korean War “created a blood debt that is crucial to understanding North Korean behaviour ever since”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A mushroom cloud produced by the explosion of a hydrogen bomb during Operation Ivy, an American nuclear test that took place in 1952. (SSPL/Getty Images)

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Prospectors pan for gold in Siberia during the 19th century.

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Prospecting towns like Dawson boomed during the gold rush.

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American jazz singer Helen Forrest performing with trumpeter Harry James (1916-1983), c1945. (Photo by Metronome/Getty Images)

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Violence erupted in New Orleans, and white southerners killed and injured more than 100 freed slaves during a riot against reconstruction plans. (Image by Alamy)

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Slaves of Confederate Brigadier-General Thomas F Drayton at his cotton plantation in South Carolina during the American Civil War

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What were the Salem Witch Trials?

Abraham Lincoln (Photo by Library of Congress)

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Men operate a cotton gin in Dahomey, Mississippi, in 1898

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7 key questions about the transatlantic slave trade – answered

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Woodcut illustration of slave labour on a sugar plantation

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Wrecked buildings in Los Angeles' South Central district following 1992 riots

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Peter Mayhew, Harrison Ford, Alec Guinness and Mark Hamill, on-set of the film Star Wars

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Flying the flag: A sailor signals a merchant ship in the Thames Estuary, 1939. Allied maritime capacity was paramount in the final victory. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

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WW2: Why did the Allies win the Second World War?

Tectonic foliation in metamorphic rocks at Porthleven, Cornwall. (Photo by Getty Images)

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Hungarian Jews arrive at Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in 1944

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Editor’s pick9 top articles from the BBC World Histories archive to read right now

A Wall Street speculator tries to sell his car to passersby

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Your guide to the Great Depression

John Wilkes Booth leans forward to shoot President Abraham Lincoln as he watches a play at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C, in 1865.

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Q&AWhat play was Abraham Lincoln watching when he was shot?

Astronauts being lifted from the Apollo 13 spacecraft after splashdown in the South Pacific,1970. (Photo by Alamy)

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