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Achilles and Ajax Playing a Board Game by famous Greek vase painter Exekias

The surprisingly ancient history of board games
Painting of Vlad the Impaler

3 real people behind the modern vampire myth
Front page of the Daily Mail from 1914 showing the Christmas Truce

The remarkable story of the Christmas Truce of 1914
Coco Chanel

The complicated legacy of Coco Chanel
A Christmas market in China

What Do They Call Christmas in China?: Christmas celebrations from across the world
Painting of the Battle of Trenton

6 battles fought on Christmas Day
Joséphine kneels before Napoleon during his coronation at Notre Dame

Major historical anniversaries in December
Jane Seymour portrait

9 little known facts about Jane Seymour
Franz Reichelt wearing his parachute suit

8 inventors who were killed by their inventions
Damaged buildings at Whitechapel in 1945

The V-2 rocket: One of Hitler's deadliest weapons
Collection of antique wooden toys

History's most popular Christmas toys for children
The attack on Pearl Harbor

Was a third wave planned at Pearl Harbor?

Actors portraying the thieves in the Baker Street Burglary

10 free episodes you can watch on HISTORY Play in December 2023
St Nicholas and Krampus

Krampus: The Alpine monster that terrifies kids at Christmas
An actor playing Nostradamus alongside the words 'The predictions that came true in 2023'

The predictions that came true in 2023
Carol Singers

History of your favourite Christmas carols
Scrabble tiles on a game board reading 'Merry Christmas'

The history of your favourite Christmas board games
The Statue of Liberty poking out of a Christmas box

4 crazy Christmas gifts from history
A stock image showing a fire place and Christmas mince pies

20 festive facts you didn't know about Christmas
A photograph of a pagan themed festive dinner

The pagan roots of Christmas
Above: Police near the wreckage of Pan Am Flight 103 in the town of Lockerbie, Scotland

The Lockerbie Bombing: 35 years on

A little girl holding a chocolate that she has just got from her advent calendar. The advent calendar is on the table in the background

Counting down to Christmas 2025: The history of the Advent Calendar
A stock image of prison bars

How Pablo Escobar made his own prison palace
Photo of The Postal Museum's tunnel walk

Win a walk through history with The Postal Museum Tunnel Walk competition
Changing the Guards at Buckingham Palace

6 longest-running daily ceremonies and traditions in Britain
A Christmas market

A festive history of Christmas Markets
Statue of Dr Samuel Johnson in London

The fascinating origins of Dr. Johnson's iconic dictionary
JFK

5 little known facts about the life of JFK
A newsstand with papers and magazines with headlines about JFK's death

Why hasn't the US government released all of the JFK files?
'The Frost Fair of 1814' by Luke Clenell

England's most famous forgotten fairs
A man dresses as Krampus during an Austrian procession

4 scary companions of Santa Claus
A photograph of Stonehenge at night

Debunking the myths about Stonehenge
Rick and Marty Lagina

How to watch 'The Curse of Oak Island' season 11 in the UK
Russell Kane with guests Jon Richardson, Alex Brooker and Ellie Taylor

What's coming up on 'Evil Genius with Russell Kane'?
Photo of JFK moments before he was assassinated

Major historical anniversaries in November
Russell Kane

Dropping 'truth bombs' on history: Russell Kane discusses his new show 'Evil Genius'