Buzz Aldrin Poses next To The U.S. flag On Moon

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A demonstrator vents his spleen at police officers during an anti-Vietnam War rally in London's Grosvenor Square

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A Grand National Union Banner depicting president Abraham Lincoln and his running mate Andrew Johnson

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Eleanor Roosevelt

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A still from the set of 'Westward the Women', directed by William A Wellman. (Photo by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures/Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Images)

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The Stygian Lake in the Fifth Circle of Hell from from Dante’s epic poem 'The Inferno'. The phrase "Paint the town red" may originate from the sentence in the poem "we are they who painted the world scarlet with sins". (Photo by Getty Images)

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Q&AWhy do we say ‘Paint the town red’?

Afro-Trinidadian historian, journalist and socialist Cyril Lionel Robert James talking to a group of students at Speakers' Corner, London, in 1967. (Photo by Roy Milligan/Daily Express/Getty Images)

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Portrait of Ian Morris

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An illustrated map of Savannah, Georgia

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The Men Who United the States

The Sedgeford Portrait, which is said to show Pocahontas and her young son, Thomas. (Photo by Getty)

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British film director Alfred Hitchcock perched on either arm in a promotional still for his film, 'The Birds', c1963. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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John and Jackie Kennedy shaking hands with a crowd. Jackie continued to fight her husband's corner after his death, says Mark White. (Photo by Art Rickerby/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

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A photo of Jackie, Caroline and Jack Kennedy

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Unseen photos of John F Kennedy and family

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President John F Kennedy speaking at a press conference, c1963. (Photo by National Archive/Newsmakers)

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Q&A: If President Kennedy hadn’t been wearing a back brace when he was assassinated, would he have lived?

George G Meade, best known for defeating Confederate General Robert E Lee at the battle of Gettysburg in 1863. (Photo by Matthew Brady/Buyenlarge/Getty Images)

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18th-century slave uprising

Abraham Lincoln in 1863. The 16th president of the United States "understood the value of hard work, had deep beliefs and pursued them," says Alastair Campbell. (Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)  

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An illustration depicting the battle of Naseby, arguably one of the most significant land battles in British history. (Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)

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20 important battles that shaped Britain

LA Times photo from newspaper report 1942

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Winston Churchill, former prime minister of the United Kingdom, gives his 'victory' sign while making a polling day tour of his constituency during an election. (Getty Images)

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George Frederick Handel married opera's passion with the respectability of biblical texts, says Tim Blanning. (Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)

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A 1864 campaign banner. (David J & Janice Frent/Corbis via Getty Images)

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US presidents: Race, religion and re-election?

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Rosa Parks Riding the Bus

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A coloured engraving from the 16th century depicting Walter Ralegh's arrival in Virginia. (DeAgostini/Getty Images)

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Industrial might: Blenheim bombers in production in England, late 1939. The Allies’ combined industrial strength proved too much for the Axis. (Getty Images) 

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The LibraryThe world in flames

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