Historical Events
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- 'The Cat, the Rat, the Dog and the Hog'
- 'The Scandalous Lady W' - the Television Drama
- 11 September, 1973 - The Day Democracy Died in Chile
- Hijack on the High Seas - Part One
- Hijack on the High Seas - Part Three
- Hijack on the High Seas - Part Two
- Presidential Inauguration?
- Actors, Petroleum, and History: John Wilkes Booth and the Dramatic Oil Company
- American History - The Missouri Compromise
- An Introduction to Military Small Arms Evolution
- Behind the Battle of Britain
- Bill of Rights Act, 1689 - The Glorious Revolution
- Billy Joel's 'We Didn't Start The Fire' - The Song
- Bodyline - When Cricket Divided Nations
- Brits in Briars and Brambles - The Battle of New Orleans in Song
- Caligula's Lighthouse: A Border Crisis, 40 CE
- Checkpoint Charlie
- China - The Cultural Revolution
- Classic Football Moments
- D-Day
- Darkness over New England: The Apocalyptic Scare of 1780
- Darwin in the Dock - the Scopes Trial
- Deadly Life Insurance Schemes
- Death at Duffy's Cut
- Disasters [52]
- Dorando's Marathon
- Early American Trade
- Emperor Nero - Olympic Champion
- English History - A Condensed Version for the Average Tourist
- From the Horse's Mouth: Homestead and Carnegie from Primary Sources
- Gallipoli - the Battle
- George Custer and the Battle of Little Bighorn
- Grace Gifford's Wedding
- Great Dates in History
- Helen Keller Plays the Palace: A Vaudeville Story
- Henry Wirz and the Andersonville Trial
- Historical Re-enactment
- Hitler, Terrorists, and Boycotts - Shocking Olympic Stuff
- How Henry VIII dealt with the Lincolnshire Rising and the Pilgrimage of Grace (1536-37)
- Intervention in Somalia (1992 - 1995)
- Ireland's First Olympic Medallists
- John F Kennedy and Gettysburg
- Jonathan Martin: The Man Who Burned York Minster
- Knights, Horses and Fact-checking old Songs: the Tale of Sir Hamo
- Lancaster Bomber ED603
- Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, a Village that Saved Jews
- Life in the Trenches of World War One
- Main Events in Finland's History
- Marion Stokes: When Archiving Is Activism
- Mary Had a Little [Expletive Deleted]: Historical Moment in Sound Recording
- Mary Sharmat and Janice Smith: How to Make a Nuclear Difference
- Mayan Calendar System
- Odiham Castle, Hampshire, England, UK
- One Toke Over the Culture Line: Spiro Agnew, Brewer & Shipley, and Lawrence Welk
- Operation Able Archer
- Operation Thunderbolt - Raid on Entebbe
- Petroleum V Nasby and the Election of 1864
- Pickett's Charge
- Pittsburgh Sub Specie Aeternitatis
- Pontiac's Rebellion
- Princess Charlotte of Wales and her Warring Parents
- Queen Caroline's Tragic Final Journey
- Radiocarbon Dating
- Remembrance Day
- Robert Kett and his Tudor Rebellion of 1549, Benjamin Zephaniah, William Shakespeare and a Norfolk Ghost Story
- Sacheen Littlefeather and Marlon Brando's Oscar Refusal
- Stories from World War Two
- 1689 Siege Of Derry
- 1916 Easter Rising
- 1948 London Olympics
- The 1960s [7]
- 1960s - Radio and Music
- The 1970s [4]
- The 1980s [6]
- Accidental Electrocution of John Feeks: A Victim of the Current Wars
- Act of Settlement 1701
- Adams Transitional Geomagnetic Event: The Hitchhiker's Guide to Climate Change
- Anglo-Irish Question, Part 1: 1798 - 1845
- Anglo-Irish Question, Part 2: 1845 - 1900
- Anglo-Irish Question, Part 3: 1900 - 1921
- Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
- Battle of Agincourt, 1415
- Battle of Trafalgar
- Battle of Turnham Green 1642
- Beginning of the American Civil War
- Berlin Airlift
- Bombing of Guernica
- Burston Strike School, 1914 - 1939
- Catholic Relief Act (1829)
- Chernobyl Disaster
- Conflict in Western Sahara
- Congolese Civil War 1960-1964
- Council of Nicaea
- Crew of the HMS Victory at Trafalgar
- Cuban Missile Crisis
- Decipherment of Linear B
- Discovery of Fire
- Donner Party
- Eruption of Mount Vesuvius, 79 AD
- Execution of Private Eddie Slovik - A Story from the Second World War
- Execution of Thomas Harrison
- The First Crusade [5]
- Flour Sack: Depression Fashion Tip
- Gettysburg Address
- Great Disappointment of 1844: Millerites and Fake News
- Great Fire of London, UK
- Gunpowder Plot
- Hebrew Manuscripts of the Cairo Genizah
- History of the London Black Taxi Trade
- Hitler Diary Hoax and 'Schtonk' - the Film
- Hungarian Uprising
- The India-Pakistan Conflict [5]
- Irish Civil War
- Jefferson State Rebellion
- Legend of 'The Flying Dutchman'
- London Beer Flood of 1814
- Love Affair of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles
- Love Story of Abelard and Heloise
- Marples Tragedy (Sheffield Blitz, 1940)
- Mary Celeste
- Massacre of Sir Edward Woodville's Isle of Wight Army at the Battle of St Aubin
- Millennium Bug Crisis
- Miracle of Mons
- Moors Murders
- Munich Agreement: Peace For Our Time?
- Mystery of The Franklin Expedition to the Northwest Passage
- Neolithic Revolution - How Farming Changed the World
- Paris Moustache Strike of 1907
- Peasants' Revolt - The Shadow Of 1381
- Phantom Time Hypothesis
- Pig War of 1859
- Potato Dumpling War of 1967
- Quasi-war Between the United States and France 1797 - 1800
- Ramifications of the Execution of Admiral Byng in 1757
- Roman Conquest of Britain
- Salisbury Rail Disaster
- Siege of Fort Del Oro
- Spanish Civil War - Clara's Story
- Tale of the 'Batavia' - Waiting in Turn to Die
- Tay Bridge Disaster, December 1879
- Trail of Tears - The Forced Removal of the Cherokee Nation
- Trial of Anne Royall: Courageous Journalist or 'Common Scold'?
- UK Millennium Construction Boom
- US Presidential Election 2000 - A Democrat's Perspective
- V-Bomber Ejector Seat Story
- World Trade Center Attack: A Chronicle of the Events of 11 September, 2001
- Wreck of The Hesperus In Verse, History and Idiom
- Wreck of The SS Richard Montgomery
- Years of Billy Joel's 'We Didn't Start The Fire' - 1949
- Years of Billy Joel's 'We Didn't Start The Fire' - 1950
- Years of Billy Joel's 'We Didn't Start The Fire' - 1951
- Years of Billy Joel's 'We Didn't Start The Fire' - 1952
- Years of Billy Joel's 'We Didn't Start The Fire' - 1953
- Years of Billy Joel's 'We Didn't Start The Fire' - 1954
- Years of Billy Joel's 'We Didn't Start The Fire' - 1955
- Years of Billy Joel's 'We Didn't Start The Fire' - 1956
- Years of Billy Joel's 'We Didn't Start The Fire' - 1957
- Years of Billy Joel's 'We Didn't Start The Fire' - 1958
- Years of Billy Joel's 'We Didn't Start The Fire' - 1959
- Years of Billy Joel's 'We Didn't Start The Fire' - 1960
- Years of Billy Joel's 'We Didn't Start The Fire' - 1961
- Years of Billy Joel's 'We Didn't Start The Fire' - 1962
- Years of Billy Joel's 'We Didn't Start The Fire' - 1963
- Years of Billy Joel's 'We Didn't Start The Fire' - 1964-1989 (Part 1)
- Years of Billy Joel's 'We Didn't Start The Fire' - 1964-1989 (Part 2)
- Years of Billy Joel's 'We Didn't Start The Fire' - 1964-1989 (Part 3)
- They Discovered America
- Tourism in Jersey, Channel Islands 1946-2003
- Town Line, New York, USA - Last Bastion of the Confederacy
- USS Somers - Mutiny or Murder?
- What Started the US Civil War, by a Contemporary Eyewitness
- When Cadets Run Amok: The West Point Eggnog Riot of 1826
- Women and Children First
- Zapruder's Film of the JFK Assassination
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