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Short History Of... Episodes Episode guide
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Amelia Earhart
As one of the great pioneers, Earhart was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic
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Alfred Hitchcock
How did an introverted working-class boy become Hollywood's ‘Master of Suspense’?
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Alcatraz
Cloaked in secrecy, Alcatraz is the most feared institution in the American penal system.
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Albert Einstein
Who was Einstein, and what were his theories that upended established scientific beliefs?
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Agatha Christie
The “Queen of Crime”, Agatha Christie, is the best-selling novelist of all time.
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Abraham Lincoln
How did one man attract such public adoration and murderous wrath all at the same time?