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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

Emmeline Pankhurst: Mother of the Vote © Getty Images

Emmeline Pankhurst, mother of the vote

Billy the Kid - The Wild West's Most Wanted Gunslinger

Billy the Kid – The Wild West’s Most Wanted Gunslinger

9 behind-the-scenes shots from classic horror © Getty Images

9 behind-the-scenes shots from classic horror

The 18th-Century Origins of Psychiatry: A Grand Conspiracy?

The 18th-Century Origins of Psychiatry: A Grand Conspiracy?

Death of a King © Getty Images

Death of a King

Spain's longest day © Agency EFE / Getty Images

Spain’s longest day

Passchendaele: Who really won the battle? © Getty Images

Passchendaele: Who really won the battle?

The Victorian origins of seaside traditions © iStock

The Victorian origins of seaside traditions

The Burning of Jews during the Black Death © Getty Images

The Burning of Jews during the Black Death

The Trial of Oscar Wilde © Wikimedia Commons

The Trial of Oscar Wilde

Ireland’s last witch burning © Wikimedia Commons

Ireland’s last witch burning

Charles Marion Russel – Smoke of a .45 @ Google Art Project

8 greatest gunfights of the Wild West

Top 10 animals on trial © Wikimedia Commons

General history

Top 10 animals on trial

The Bodleian – the medieval library that became a 'Harry Potter' set © Getty Images

The Bodleian – the medieval library that became a ‘Harry Potter’ set