Join us as Sky HISTORY remembers the 80th anniversary of Nagasaki, the second city struck by a US atomic bomb.

The Baader-Meinhof gang terrorised West Germany in the late 20th century. Learn more about the notorious group and its ...

80 years ago, the sky above Hiroshima cracked open. At 8:15am on 6th August 1945, the first atomic bomb used in war detonated ...

What’s the weirdest job you’ve ever had? It probably wouldn’t compare to these oddities, including some highlighted by Henry ...

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

From the Flip Flap Railway to the Big Dipper, rollercoasters have always carried an element of danger… sometimes to a deadly degree. Read on to learn more.

11 facts about Viking leader Rollo, the first Duke of Normandy Unlike the legendary figures of Ragnar and Lagertha, there is extensive history to prove that Rollo was a real person.

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 ...

This Autumn marks the 80th anniversary of Victory over Japan Day, when Imperial Japan officially offered its surrender to mark the beginning of the end of World War II. The formal ceremony occurred on ...

The archaeological discovery has since become synonymous with a series of strange coincidences and mysterious deaths. Some commentators believe the purported curse has claimed more than 25 lives. Here ...

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