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How Did US-Iran Relations Get So Bad?

How Humans Reached the Moon: The Rocky Road to Apollo 11

Historic Achievement or Giant Hoax? Why Some People Believe the Moon Landings Were Faked

Why Did the USA Have to Beat the Soviets to the Moon?

12 Facts About the Apollo Programme

10 Facts About the First Moon Landing

When Was the Simpson’s First Aired?

How the Empire Strikes Back Solidified Star Wars’ Cult Status?

How an Intercepted Telegram Helped Break the Deadlock on the Western Front

How Grand Central Terminal Became the Greatest Train Station in the World

How the Beatles Became International Sex Symbols

There Comes a Time: Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr. and the Montgomery Bus Boycott

How Did the Northeast of America Go Dark During 1965?

Why We Are Wise to Pay Heed to History in the Age of Trump

Fake News, Donald Trump’s Relationship With It and Its Chilling Effects Explained

How Walt Disney Rose from Failure to Create the Most Famous Cartoon Character of All Time

The Patent for the First Bra and the Bohemian Lifestyle of the Woman Who Invented It

Trump’s America and the Dictatorships of 1930s Europe: Parallels and Differences

Birmingham and Project C: America’s Most Important Civil Rights Protests

Was the 88th Congress’ Racial Split Regional Or Partisan?

Cuba 1961: The Bay of Pigs Invasion Explained

Did JFK Avert the Cuban Missile Crisis?

America’s Disastrous Miscalculation: The Castle Bravo Nuclear Test

8 of the Best Moments in Presidential Debates

12 Facts About John J. McCloy: The 20th Century’s Most Powerful American?

LBJ: The Greatest Domestic President Since FDR?

How Did JFK Win the 1960 Election?

How the Ferguson Protest Has Its Roots in the Racial Unrest of the 1960s

Kingmaker: How Joe P. Kennedy Created a Political Dynasty

Martin Luther King Jr’s ‘I Have A Dream’ Speech in Full

18 Key Figures From The Civil Rights Movement

A Very Persuasive President: The Johnson Treatment Explained

Would JFK Have Gone to Vietnam?

The US Embargo Against Cuba: A Cold War Relic?

What Impact Did the Unions Have on the Civil Rights Movement?

Was the Great Depression all Because of the Wall Street Crash?

How Did Barbie Become an Icon?

What Caused the Apollo 1 Launch Disaster?

How Frank Capra’s ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’ Became a Christmas Classic

How Smog Has Plagued Cities Around the World for over a Hundred Years

The Death of Clark Gable – the ‘King of Hollywood’

Why Do You Find Bibles in Hotel Rooms?

How Woodrow Wilson Came to Power and Led America into World War One

How the Super Bowl Turned American Football into the No.1 US Sport

When Johnny Cash Recorded “At Folsom Prison”

Why Did the US Sever Diplomatic Relations with Cuba?

‘The Bridge That Couldn’t be Built’. How the Golden Gate Bridge Came into Being

The Apollo 13 Mission: NASA’s Most Successful Failure