Charles Goodyear was determined to eradicate these drawbacks of rubber. Through a long process of trial and error, he mixed ...

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In the 1890s, horse-drawn transport led waste to build up heavily in major cities. A new Sky HISTORY series looks at how the ...

Hollywood legend J Carrol Naish played the eponymous warrior in the 1954 film Sitting Bull. What does it get right and wrong ...

One evening in August 1956, luminous, fast-paced UFOs were spotted in eastern England skies. Is there a rational explanation ...

This Autumn marks the 80th anniversary of VJ Day, when Japan officially offered its surrender to mark the end of World War II ...

While VE Day might be more famous in the UK and Europe, VJ Day marks the actual end of WWII. Learn more about this historic ...

The liberation of Hong Kong is an often overlooked World War II event caused by Japan's surrender. Read on to find out more.

The English Civil War, with its violent clashes between Roundheads and Cavaliers, is a much-mythologised chapter in British history. Yet it was actually part of a larger arc of events known as the ...

The good news for treasure hunters is there’s some pretty compelling evidence from eyewitness testimonies at the time of Little Bighorn. The gist of the legend is that Custer and his men rode into ...

The women whose notable contributions to history have shaped the world.

From premonitions to contact with the spirit world, from royal astrologers to ploughboys, the prophets and psychics of the past continue to intrigue and mystify. Here we look at nine of the most ...