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19 hours ago

#OnThisDay in 1978, Gilbert Baker designed a flag to be flown at the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade. The flag featured a hippie-influenced rainbow with eight stripes. It would later evolve into the universally recognised LGBTQ+ Pride flag. 📸 Getty

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2 days ago

On the podcast | Eleanor Houghton provides a new perspective on Charlotte Brontë by exploring her surviving wardrobe 🎧 Listen now ad-free on the HistoryExtra app, or wherever you get your podcasts

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#OnThisDay in 1981, the Humber Bridge in north England opened for traffic. At the time of its opening, it was the world’s longest single span suspension bridge, linking Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. 📸 Getty

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#OnThisDay in 1940, Hitler took a whirlwind tour of occupied Paris. After the French capital had fallen to the German army, Hitler toured the city, posing for pictures by the Eiffel Tower and discussing his plans for a victory parade. 📸 Getty

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3 days ago

On the podcast | Ruth Kinna charts the revolutionary life of Emma Goldman, the pioneering advocate of free love and early LGBTQ+ rights activist 🎧 Listen now ad-free on the HistoryExtra app, or wherever you get your podcasts

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4 days ago

On the podcast | Guy Walters reveals the secret plot to smuggle one of Hitler’s V2 rockets out of Europe 🎧 Listen now ad-free on the HistoryExtra app, or wherever you get your podcasts

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4 days ago

#OnThisDay in 1948, the Empire Windrush arrived at Tilbury docks on the Thames Estuary. On board there were nearly 500 British subjects travelling from Jamaica to Britain, many of whom were travelling to set up a new life. 📸 Getty

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5 days ago

On the podcast | In the first episode of our Sunday Series on the American Revolutionary War, Professor Adam IP Smith explains how the American colonies' disputes spiralled into violence. 🎧 Listen now ad-free on the HistoryExtra app, or wherever you get your podcasts

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#OnThisDay in 1970, Sukarno, the leader of Indonesia’s struggle for independence from the Dutch and the country’s first president, died in Jakarta. He had been toppled from power in 1967 and held under house arrest until his death. 📸 Getty

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6 days ago

#OnThisDay in 1837, Victoria awoke to the news that she had inherited the throne. Following the death of her uncle, King William IV, the young princess was awoken at six in the morning and told that she was to become queen. 📸 Getty

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7 days ago

On the podcast | Alec Ryrie explores the story of the forgotten Protestant missionaries who tried – and often failed – to convert the world between the Reformation and the age of empire 🎧 Listen now ad-free on the HistoryExtra app, or wherever you get your podcasts

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7 days ago

#OnThisDay in 1829, the Metropolitan Police was established when parliament passed Home Secretary Robert Peel's ‘Act for improving the Police in and near the Metropolis’. 📸 Getty

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#OnThisDay in 1940, Charles de Gaulle called on the people of France to resist Nazi occupation. His speech was broadcast by the BBC following the fall of France, and it became the foundational text of the French Resistance. 📸 Getty

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On the podcast | Nandini Das explores the global migration and movement in the world of the Tudors and Stuarts 🎧 Listen now ad-free on the HistoryExtra app, or wherever you get your podcasts

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#OnThisDay in 1631, Mumtaz Mahal – wife of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan – died. She passed after the labour of her 14th child, who was born healthy. The following year, work began on a mausoleum for her in the city of Agra. Today the building is known as the Taj Mahal. 📸 Getty

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On the podcast | Edmund Richardson tells the astonishing story of Alexander the Great, the Macedonian king who created one of the world's largest empire by the age of 30 🎧 Listen now ad-free on the HistoryExtra app, or wherever you get your podcasts

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#OnThisDay in 1963, Valentina Tereshkova made history as the first woman to travel into space. Two years after Yuri Gagarin had gone to space, the Soviet authorities began looking for the first woman to follow suit – and Tereshkova, a parachutist, was chosen. 📸 Getty

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@MiltonMckoy Best to do it in the lap of luxury, like royalty! 👑

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2 weeks ago

#OnThisDay in 1842, Queen Victoria made her first journey by train. She travelled with her husband in a special royal carriage on the Great Western Railway between Slough and Bishop's Bridge. 📸 Getty

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2 weeks ago

On the podcast | Kate Williams peels back the layers of myth and misconception which shroud the history of royal women - from Cleopatra to Grace Kelly 🎧 Listen now ad-free on the HistoryExtra app, or wherever you get your podcasts

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2 weeks ago

#OnThisDay in 1919, British aviators John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown landed their Vickers Vimy twin engine plane in a bog. After a 16-hour flight from Newfoundland, they touched down near Clifden, Ireland, becoming the first men to fly non-stop across the Atlantic. 📸 Getty