US presidents

Bernstein and Woodward, the journalists who broke the Watergate scandal

Your guide to… the Watergate scandal

WW2 surrender signed, 2 September 1945

Second World War

How and when did the Second World War end?

President Donald Trump

A brief history of election “rigging” in the United States

Richard III

57 history questions for your home pub quiz (updated)

President Kennedy gives a televised speech, 22 October 1962. (Photo by Getty Images)

Everything you ever wanted to know about the Cuban Missile Crisis, but were afraid to ask

Phyllis Schlafly

The woman who opposed equality with men: Phyllis Schlafly and the real history behind Mrs. America

A depiction of the signatories of the Declaration of Independence, 4 July, 1776, from a painting by John Trumbull. The men standing are (l to r) John Adams, Roger Sherman Robert R. Livingston, Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin. (Image by Bettmann/Getty Images)

Why does the United States of America celebrate Independence Day on 4 July?

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)

Rebuilding America after the Civil War: did reconstruction sow more division?

Ill mannered discussions: Chinese leader General Chiang Kai-shek, US president Franklin D Roosevelt and British prime minister Winston Churchill meet at the Cairo Conference in November 1943. (Photo by Getty Images)

Second World War

VE Day at 75 Preparing for peace: why WW2 felt like a war without an end

Photo of JFK in the motorcade

Who killed JFK? The case that can never be closed

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.

Q&A What play was Abraham Lincoln watching when he was shot?

Two American soldiers wait for the second wave of combat helicopters of the 1st Air Cavalry Division during Operation Pershing during the Vietnam War. The Vietnam War defined America in the second half of the 20th century. (Photo by Patrick Christain/Getty Images)

Your guide to the Vietnam War – plus 7 surprising facts you might not know

Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Donald Trump

From Lincoln to Trump: a brief history of the US Republican Party

Five names are commonly held as titans among the Founding Fathers: Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, George Washington, James Madison and Alexander Hamilton (l-r). Food of them would serve as presidents of the young United States. (Images by Getty Images)

Founding fathers: the men who made America

George Washington

American presidents: 9 things you (probably) didn’t know