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Captain Kidd And His Lost Pirate Treasure
The story of the infamous Captain Kidd, Sailor turned Privateer, turned Pirate. Much debate still exists regarding whether Captain Kidd was set up. In more...
The story of the infamous Captain Kidd, Sailor turned Privateer, turned Pirate. Much debate still exists regarding whether Captain Kidd was set up. In more...
The Breaker Of Chains
This amazing photo was taken in October 1907 and shows a British sailor on the HMS Sphinx removing restraints from a slave in 1907. Now it took quite more...
This amazing photo was taken in October 1907 and shows a British sailor on the HMS Sphinx removing restraints from a slave in 1907. Now it took quite more...

On This Day… The Dairy Farmer Wolraad Woltemade
It was on this day, 1st June back in 1773 when a dairy farmer died whilst recusing sailors from a ship that had wrecked near Cape Town. The unfortuna more...
It was on this day, 1st June back in 1773 when a dairy farmer died whilst recusing sailors from a ship that had wrecked near Cape Town. The unfortuna more...

The Unbroken Seal Of Tut’s Tomb
This amazing photo was taken back in 1922, which poses the question, how did the rope last 3,245 years without deteriorating? Surprisingly, Archaeolog more...
This amazing photo was taken back in 1922, which poses the question, how did the rope last 3,245 years without deteriorating? Surprisingly, Archaeolog more...

The Vulture And The Child
This heart-breaking photo was taken in March 1993 by South African photojournalist, Kevin Carter, while he was working on an assignment in Sudan. In t more...
This heart-breaking photo was taken in March 1993 by South African photojournalist, Kevin Carter, while he was working on an assignment in Sudan. In t more...

Louis And The Sphinx
This amazing photo was taken in 1961 and shows Louis Armstrong playing for his wife Lucille near the Sphinx in Egypt. During the Cold War America was more...
This amazing photo was taken in 1961 and shows Louis Armstrong playing for his wife Lucille near the Sphinx in Egypt. During the Cold War America was more...

On This Day… The Coward That Fled
It was on this day, 11th April, back in 1979 when the Ugandan dictator Idi Amin fled the capital, Kampala, as soldiers from the Uganda National Libera more...
It was on this day, 11th April, back in 1979 when the Ugandan dictator Idi Amin fled the capital, Kampala, as soldiers from the Uganda National Libera more...

On This Day… Britain Abolished The Slave Trade!
It was on this day, 25th March, back in 1807 when the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act received its royal assent, abolishing the slave trade in the Br more...
It was on this day, 25th March, back in 1807 when the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act received its royal assent, abolishing the slave trade in the Br more...

On This Day… New York’s Oldest Artefact!
It was on this day, 22nd February, back in 1881 when thousands of New Yorkers gathered to see Cleopatra’s Needle being assembled in Central Park more...
It was on this day, 22nd February, back in 1881 when thousands of New Yorkers gathered to see Cleopatra’s Needle being assembled in Central Park more...

On This Day… The Outer Space Treaty!
It was on this day, 27th January, back in 1967 when countries began signing the Outer Space Treaty. The treaty forms the basis of international space more...
It was on this day, 27th January, back in 1967 when countries began signing the Outer Space Treaty. The treaty forms the basis of international space more...
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