Buzz Aldrin Poses next To The U.S. flag On Moon

American history

Captain Edward Teach, better known as 'Blackbeard', a pirate who plundered the coasts of the West Indies, North Carolina and Virginia. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

The most famous and despicable pirates from history

Emma Dabiri"The Harder They Fall doesn’t engage with one of the main drivers behind the violence"

Malcolm GaskillThe Ruin of All Witches

A forgotten witch hunt in New England

Photo showing a snowy Wounded Knee, where US troops massacred the Lakota Sioux, with bodies visible in the foreground

The massacre at Wounded Knee: why did the US Army attack the Lakota Sioux?

Turning points1776: The year of American independence

Photograph of Bass Reeves, the first black deputy US marshal west of the Mississippi River

From slave to real Lone Ranger? The incredible life of black Wild West lawman Bass Reeves

Pearl HarborEpisode 5

John Duval Gluck, Jr, 'the Santa Claus man', pictured left, visiting the General Post Office to promote the Santa Claus Association’s benefit show

The con man who saved Christmas

The first controlled, powered and sustained human flight on 17 December 1903 by the Wright Brothers. (Photo by Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Flying into history: the Wright Brothers' Flyer and the world's first flight

US heavyweight boxing champ Joe Louis receives a medal during WW2

From Joe Lewis to Audrey Hepburn: 10 famous faces of WW2

How US-Russian relations fractured in the 1990s

The USS West Virginia burns at Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941

What if…Japan hadn't attacked Pearl Harbor

Pearl HarborEpisode 3

Pearl HarborEpisode 2

The battleship USS California following the attack at Pearl Harbor

Second World War

Pearl Harbor: 12 facts about the surprise attack on the US Pacific Fleet

A gathering storm: why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor in 1941?

Josephine Baker lounges on a tiger skin around the time she starred in La Revue Nègre

Singer, siren, activist, spy: the incredible life of Josephine Baker

Shoppers in Liverpool during the 1960s

Q&AWhy is the shopping day after Thanksgiving called ‘Black Friday’?

Q&AWhat and when is the National Day of Mourning in the United States?

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Salem witch trialsEpisode 9: conclusion

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Salem witch trialsEpisode 8: Willful, weak-minded women?

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Salem witch trialsEpisode 7: Quarrelsome neighbours & family tensions

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Salem witch trialsEpisode 6: Chaos in the courtroom

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Salem witch trialsEpisode 5: Satanic sabbaths and supernatural sins

Zazie Beetz and Jonathan Majors in the Netflix film The Harder They Fall

The Harder They Fall: the real cowboys who inspired the black Western

A scene from the Salem witch trials, depicted in a 19th-century lithograph. How two girls’ accusations of witchcraft escalated into one of the darkest episodes in early American history has long puzzled historians. (Image by Alamy)

When the devil stalked Salem: the story of the Salem witch trials

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Salem witch trialsEpisode 4: The pervasive power of puritanism

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Salem witch trialsEpisode 3: A ‘new Jerusalem’ on the edge of a wilderness

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Salem witch trialsEpisode 2: How events spiralled out of control