The infectious disease of smallpox ran rampant for centuries, killing millions – until an experiment on the eight-year-old ...

The unlikely escapades of Oliver Cromwell's head Exhumed upon the orders of King Charles II in 1681, Cromwell's corpse was ritually hanged and his embalmed head was put on public display but the story ...

Even now, 30 years after his death, Ayrton Senna remains one of the most iconic figures in Formula One history. For casual and long-time followers of the sport, his name continues to be associated ...

The Allies would have faced not only enemy soldiers and ferocious kamikaze raids, but also what the US strategists described as ‘a fanatically hostile population’ of civilians. Millions of men, women ...

Franklin D Roosevelt was the US President famous for his New Deal who hid his disability from the world and didn't live to see the Allies' victory over Germany in WW II. Roosevelt was born into a ...

Whether seeking to expand their empires and spheres of influence or subjugate those of a different faith, numerous states and dynasties were immersed in the blood and thunder of war during the ...

Revolutions That Changed History exposes the complex truth behind ancient revolutions and revolts, from the epic, action-packed, bloody battlegrounds to the intimate exchanges between confidants that ...

Queen Elizabeth II is the longest-reigning monarch in British history and in June 2022 she'll celebrate 70 years on the throne. It will be the first time a British monarch has ever had a Platinum ...

Grandson to Queen Victoria, the old-fashioned but popular King George V, who reigned over an empire from which the sun never set, had a dark side to his personality that today would make him the most ...

With intense turns in coming-of-age classics like Rebel Without a Cause, Hollywood actor James Dean left an impact lasting ...

The late Nick Pope made his name as a top UFO expert on Sky HISTORY’s Ancient Aliens. Here’s how he went from the UK’s Ministry of Defence to TV fame.

Our Lady of Fatima refers to a series of apparitions reported by three children in 1917, which claimed to prophesise the ...