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Charlotta Bass, the first black woman to be nominated to the US Vice Presidency
20th Century

Charlotta Bass: the first woman of colour to run for US vice president

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20th Century

Frozen Charlotte dolls: the Victorian Barbie

A vessel at sea comes across the mythical ghost ship The Flying Dutchman
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Seven of history’s most disturbing ghost ship stories that will haunt your dreams

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Imperial spectacle: inside Britain’s 1924 ‘Empire Exhibition’ . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Croydon Aerodome, pictured in 1926. Two years earlier, Matthews’ threat to sell his ‘Death Ray’ to a French party had sparked a dash to this airfield by investors determined to stop him. (Photo by Getty Images)
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Amazing lives Harry Grindell Matthews: the strangely inventive mind behind the aerophone and Death Ray . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Emily Anderson. (Illustration by Cat O’Neil)
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Amazing lives Emily Anderson: the secret life of Britain’s most senior female wartime codebreaker . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Police chase demonstrators during the 1936 battle of Cable Street
20th Century

When Mosley’s fascists took on East End London and lost: the Battle of Cable Street explained

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A hidden history of black civil rights

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Deeds not Words | A HistoryExtra podcast series

Former Soviet Colonel Stanislav Petrov at his home in 2004.
Cold War

The Soviet soldier who saved the world: how did Stanislav Petrov prevent nuclear Armageddon?