History series investigating stories taken from archive newspapers
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Peter Snow retells the story of Charles II's Restoration via the pages of a 1660 newspaper
Peter Snow revisits the pages of The Guardian for September 4, 1939.
Charles Lindbergh arrives in the UK in 1936, after his son's kidnap and murder.
The Guardian, October 30, 1975. Dutch elm disease ravages the British countryside.
The Illustrated London News of June 1842 reports on the British army's retreat from Kabul.
Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee celebrations saw a procession through London.
Charles II returns to London, 11 years after his father's execution.
The Penny London Post reports on the Royal Fireworks in London's Green Park in 1749.
Royal Fireworks in London's Green Park.
Was this the day when the strikers were betrayed by their leaders?