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Painting depicting the last stand of the Gunpowder Plot conspirators

The Holbeche House Siege: Where the Gunpowder Plot met its tragic end
President Charles de Gaulle steps out of a black car not longer his assassination attempt

The assassination plot that inspired 'The Day of the Jackal'
Black History Month - Sky HISTORY

Black History Month 2024: When is it celebrated in the UK?
Maj. Charity E. Adams and Capt. Abbie N. Campbell inspect the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion

The untold story of WWII’s all-women postal battalion
1865 photograph of Libby Prison

The remarkable story of the Libby Prison escape

A portrait of Michel de Nostredame (Nostradamus) shown within a crystal ball

What does Nostradamus predict for 2025?
Liberty Leading the People by Eugène Delacroix

How did abolishing the monarchy change France?
The Morning of the Battle of Agincourt (1884) by John Gilbert

9 little known facts about the Battle of Agincourt
A sign commemortating eight French people of the Jewish faith who were killed on Alderney during the war

The Pickles Report: Alderney’s hidden history exposed
Ross Kemp stands next to a masked man in an aircraft hangar

'It's violent and it's tough': Ross Kemp goes inside the Mafia
Ross Kemp sits at the bar in a pub while a gangster figure lurks in the back ground

Ross Kemp: Mafia and Britain – Official Trailer
Sicilian Mafia boss Vito Cascio Ferro holds a puppy as he sits with his sun who is holding a large rifle. The photograph is overlayed on a black and white and blurred image of a modern Sicilian road sign covered in bullet holes

From Sicily to New York: A brief history of the Mafia
The Kray Twins pictured in an East London flat

Whiskey, gangsters and alliances: Britain's surprising Mafia history
John Gotti being booked in 1990

The Mafia's Golden Age: Who are the Five Families?
Dan Aykroyd standing in front of a large clock

10 free episodes you can watch on HISTORY Play in September 2024
Thomas Tuchel kisses the Champions League trophy

7 most iconic England managers of all time
A seven-feet tall metal monolith appeared in a park in Mubmai

Are aliens or artists behind the monolith mystery
The Atomic Dome - The Hiroshima Peace Memorial

How does Japan remember the victims of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
Ronald Reagan makes a statement to the press

10 little known facts about Ronald Reagan
Hannah Cockroft of Team GB competes in wheelchair racing at the Tokyo Paralympics

The history of the Paralympics

The members of the 'Curse of Skinwalker Ranch' team look to the sky

How to watch ‘Curse of Skinwalker Ranch’ season 5 in the UK
A Nazi gun emplacement on Alderney

The only Nazi concentration camp on British soil
A 19th-century painting depicts a Roman gladiator standing on the neck of another as the crowd all point their thumbs down

The history of gladiatorial games in Ancient Rome
Hells Angels bikers gather by Brighton Marina

Are there Hells Angels gangs in the UK?
Ross Kemp standing next to the River Thames

How to watch 'Ross Kemp: Mafia and Britain'
Carleigh Fairchild holding a bow and arrow in the forest

6 wildest moments from 'Alone'
A statue of ancient Egyptian goddess Bastet

International Cat Day: The history of house cats

The wreck of the Marchioness pleasure boat beached on the bank of the Thames

Tragedy on the Thames: The Marchioness disaster
Sign outside Gander International Airport on a snowy day

Come From Away: The true story behind the musical based on 9/11
A black-and-white photograph of a young John F. Kennedy

10 free episodes you can watch on HISTORY Play in August 2024
A natural hill in Bosnia that appears to be in the shape of a pyramid

Are there man-made pyramids in the Bosnian mountains?
Apollo 13 crew members with their hands on a Lunar Globe

Apollo 13: A survival mission against the odds
The Cutty Sark museum in Greenwich, London

10 facts about the Cutty Sark
Firefighters tackle a blaze in London after a bombing raid

6 deadliest raids from the Blitz
Jesse Owens salutes while standing on top of the podium after winning gold in the long jump at the 1936 Olympics. Luz Long (R) stands in the second position while giving the Nazi salute.

How Jesse Owens defied Adolf Hitler at the 1936 Olympics
A stone carving of Cyrus the Great's soldiers

The 5 largest empires from history