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Amelia Earhart
As one of the great pioneers, Earhart was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic
The Spanish Flu
The influenza pandemic of 1918-20 killed at least 50 million people.
Marco Polo
Why are Marco Polo's travels still remembered almost eight centuries later?
The Manhattan Project
The US Government race against Nazi Germany to harness the power of nuclear fission.
Queen Elizabeth the Second: Part 2 of 2
How will the era-spanning reign of Queen Elizabeth II be remembered?
First Emperor of China
How did a teenage king change the course of Chinese history forever?
Queen Elizabeth the Second: Part 1 of 2
Queen Elizabeth II modernised her role while managing a family often thrown by scandal.
Anne Frank
Anne Frank鈥檚 diary captured life in hiding during WWII, through which her story lives on.
The Terracotta Army
Discovered in 1974, the Terracotta Army became the unofficial eighth wonder of the world.
Alfred Hitchcock
How did an introverted working-class boy become Hollywood's 鈥楳aster of Suspense鈥�?
