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Punk

How did punk reshape music, culture and identity for decades to come?

Co-inventor of the Aqua-Lung, Jacques Cousteau opened the ocean to the public.

Charlemagne remains one of the towering figures of European history.

In 1620, Pilgrims made their famous journey across the Atlantic in the Mayflower.

How did railways reshape everything from holidays, to warfare, to time itself?

A marvel of engineering, the Hindenburg airship was intended to revolutionise air travel.

The Haitian Revolution began in the French colony of Saint-Domingue in 1791.

What drove ordinary people to take up arms against the federal government?

Sidney Reilly is often described as the real James Bond – the modern image of a spy.

The Statue of Liberty was a gift from France to mark the United States’ 100th birthday.