June 2009 cover

June 2009

Articles from the June 2009 issue of BBC History Magazine

Manchester dog show, c1909

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The surprising history of Victorian dog shows. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Illustration shows force-feeding of suffragettes

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What was the Cat and Mouse Act? The reason why suffragettes were force-fed

Fred Perry in action in the Wimbledon final in 1936. (Photo by Getty Images)

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Fred Perry: the icon and the outcast. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin stands beside an American flag, soon after landing on the Moon as part of the Apollo 11 mission. (Photo by NASA/Liaison)

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OpinionWas the Moon landing really a great leap for mankind?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The burning of Templars, from ‘De casibus virorum illustrium’ by Giovanni Boccaccio. Found in the collection of the British Library. (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

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The Templars: a brief history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An older couple is watching a Canadian soldier with a bulldozer working in the ruins of a house in the rue de Bayeux.10th July 1944. The church towers in the background have survived the Allied bombing intact. Caen, Normandy, France. (Photo by Galerie Bilderwelt/Getty Images)

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D-Day: the successes and failures in focus. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The burning of Templars (From: De casibus virorum illustrium by Giovanni Boccaccio). Artist: Master of the White inscriptions (active ca 1480)

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The Templars on trial: a very muted inquisition. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.