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Australian troops (widely known as ‘Diggers’) at Anzac Cove in April 1915

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The Gallipoli Campaign: a defining moment in Australian history

This 16th-century woodcut depicts King James VI at the North Berwick witch trials, the case that first sparked his obsession with hunting. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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The "brilliant" Walt Disney with Mickey Mouse in 1935. (Getty Images)

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Brutus begs his companion to kill him in a 1756 painting by Giacomo Zampa. Having been decisively defeated in battle by Mark Antony and Octavian – later to rule Rome as emperor Augustus – Brutus felt he had little choice but to commit suicide. (Photo by Alfredo Dagli Orti-Art Resource, NY)

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Guillaume de Jumieges, Cesta Normanorum, f° 116, letter with dropped initial, William the Conqueror receives the chronicler's manuscript, 11th century, France, Rouen, Bibliotheque Municipale.

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Illustration by Glen McBeth.

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Newark Castle flanked by the river Trent. To say that King John's death here in 1216 was little-lamented is something of an understatement. "With John's foul deeds all England is stinking, as does hell, to which he is now sinking," wrote the chronicler Matthew Paris. (Getty Images)

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London traffic. (Photo by Popper Ltd./ullstein bild via Getty Images)

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Parisians man the barricades in the 2012 film production of the Victor Hugo classic Les Misérables, a work inspired by the June Rebellion of 1832. (Rex)

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English actor Trevor Howard as Captain William Bligh on the set of 'Mutiny On The Bounty', directed by Lewis Milestone, 1962. (Photo by Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images)

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Australian troops head for Gallipoli in 1915

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The myths of the battle of Gallipoli

President Kennedy holds a press conference shortly before the failed 'Bay of Pigs' invasion of Cuba. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

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