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Troops approaching Omaha Beach on D-Day © Getty

D-Day: Storming the beaches

Swedish pop group Abba, performs during the the Eurovision Song Contest 1974 with their song Waterloo. © Olle Lindeborg/AFP/Getty Images

The winner takes it all: Brighton, 1974

Why are there three lions on the shirts of the English football team? © Getty Images

Why are there three lions on the shirts of the English football team?

Why does Britain have so many accents? © Getty Images

Why does Britain have so many accents?

British Royal Weddings: A Potted History © Getty Images

British Royal Weddings: A Potted History

Celebrate your favourite museums with International Museum Day! © Hufton Crow

Celebrate your favourite museums with International Museum Day!

Holiday-goers in the 1920s enjoy some fun in the sun during a holiday from work at Southend ©Getty

When did Brits first get holiday leave?

Celebrate World Heritage Day 2018 © Getty Images

Celebrate World Heritage Day 2018

What happened to Einstein's brain?

What happened to Einstein’s brain?

Earhart travelled the 2,000 miles from Newfoundland to Ireland in a little less than 15 hours © Getty Images

Amelia Earhart, the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic

Keller graduated from Radcliffe College in 1904 with a bachelor of arts degree © Getty Images

Helen Keller, the deafblind activist who triumphed over adversity

Why is the leek associated with Wales? © Getty Images

Why is the leek associated with Wales?

Seven things you need to know about pancake day © Getty Images

Seven things you need to know about pancake day

Emmeline Pankhurst: Mother of the Vote © Getty Images

Emmeline Pankhurst, mother of the vote