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London’s trailblazing women. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Keith Granville, managing director of BOAC (British Overseas Airways Corporation), holding a model of the Boeing 747 jet, with the new aircraft hangars under construction in the background, at Heathrow Airport, 17 March 1969. (Photo by Jim Gray/Keystone/Getty Images)

General ModerngalleryIn pictures: the history of London’s Heathrow Airport

"We cannot walk alone": 26 August 1963 – As they hold hands, Martin Luther King Jr and the other leaders of the March On Washington For Jobs And Freedom make history. (Photo by Robert W. Kelley/The LIFE Picture Collection via Getty Images)

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The story of Martin Luther King's struggle for civil rights in America. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Nancy Astor on the campaign trail in 1919

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Nancy Astor facts: who was the first female MP in British history to take her seat in parliament?

Millennium Centre, Cardiff. (Photo by Dreamstime)

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Simon Jenkins: "Wales needs to get over England and be Wales again". This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Donald Trump

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From Lincoln to Trump: a brief history of the US Republican Party. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The rise of the cat burglar. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Sylvia Pankhurst is taken into custody

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History heroEmma Barnett chooses Sylvia Pankhurst (1882–1960). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A Burglar Looks In, Picture Post 1950. (Photo by Bert Hardy/Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Burglary: a modern history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Lord Snowdon and Princess Margaret: why did their marriage break down?

Confronting Holocaust Denial with David Baddiel (Image by Wall to Wall Media/Laurence Turnbull)

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Confronting Holocaust denial: “History is more of a battleground now than ever” says David Baddiel. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

US academic Deborah Lipstadt exults the High Court in London after winning a libel case brought against her by British historian David Irving, 11 April 2000. (Photo by Martyn Hayhow/AFP/Getty Images)

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Holocaust denial on trial: the story of Irving v Lipstadt

American athlete Jesse Owens and German long-jumper Carl Ludwig 'Luz' Long.

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5 acts of kindness that changed history

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The Stonewall Riots: the flashpoint that launched the gay rights movement in the US. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Black rights activist Malcolm X

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Malcolm X: Activism, assassination and how he predicted his own death

Prime Minister Harold Macmillan at Admiralty House, London

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History heroMichael Heseltine chooses Harold Macmillan (1894–1986). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

'The Young Victoria' follows the early relationship of Victoria and her beloved Prince Albert. The monarch was played by Emily Blunt in the 2009 film. (Images by Bettmann/Getty Images/Alamy)

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Leading ladies in love: 6 historical movies to watch this Valentine’s Day. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Charles Manson stares out from fabric on sale in San Francisco

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The afterlife of Charles Manson. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Actress Emmy Goring and her husband Hermann

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Nazi wives: the women beside Hess, Goebbels, Göring and Himmler

January 1973: Londoners reading the newspapers headlining Britain's entry into the Common Market.

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When did the UK join the European Economic Community (EEC) and why?

(Illustration by Davide Bonazzi for BBC History Magazine)

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The big question: has the European Union been a success?

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Rise of a dictator: how did Hitler gain power and become the führer of Germany?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Youths salute Adolf Hitler

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Hitler Youth: how the Third Reich used children’s organisations to wage war

Portrait of John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan (Lord Lucan), who disappeared in 1974 following a bloody homicide

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The curious case of Lord Lucan + 10 other mysterious disappearances from history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Fighting for the vote. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Glamorous portrait of movie actress Hedy Lamarr wearing white fox fur short jacket

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History heroMartha Lane Fox chooses Hedy Lamarr (1914–2000)

The state funeral of Sir Winston Churchill

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The death of Sir Winston Churchill and the top-secret plans for his funeral

Child survivors at Auschwitz

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A brief history of Auschwitz

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6 lesser-known facts about the Ottoman Empire

Princess Margaret wearing a fur coat

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The Queen's "rebel sister": 13 facts about Princess Margaret

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