Why we should remember

Historians write on why and how pivotal events in history should be remembered today

Coco Chanel in Paris, 1929

Why we should remember… How Chanel No 5 revolutionised the beauty business

Dr DA Henderson examines children’s smallpox vaccination scars in Ethiopia

Why we should remember… Target Zero Day

A group of formerly enslaved African-Americans around the time of the US Civil War

Why we should remember… the Amnesty Act of 1872

Anne Frank writing at her desk, c1942

Why we should remember… the translation of Anne Frank’s diary

British army soldiers face off against a group of Irish civilians

Why we should remember… Bloody Sunday