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    On the podcast | Imogen Willetts reveals how centuries of partying have reflected changing ideas about class, culture and human nature 🎧 Listen now on the HistoryExtra app, or wherever you get your podcasts
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    Aug 11
    On the podcast | Asif Siddiqi tells the extraordinary story of Yuri Gagarin – the first human being to venture into space and orbit planet Earth 🎧 Listen now on the HistoryExtra app, or wherever you get your podcasts
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    Aug 11
    #OnThisDay in 1952, Crown Prince Hussein acceded to the throne of Jordan aged just 16. He became king after the Jordanian parliament declared that his father, King Talal, was suffering from schizophrenia and was unfit to rule. 📸 Getty
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    Aug 10
    On the podcast | Tim Whitmarsh reveals how a tiny sect in Judea became the dominant religion in the ancient world – with a little help from the Emperor Augustus 🎧 Listen now on the HistoryExtra app, or wherever you get your podcasts
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    Aug 10
    #OnThisDay in 1792, the French monarchy was toppled. In the early hours, a revolutionary mob marched on the royal palace in Paris, and King Louis XVI and his family fled. Revolutionaries overtook the palace and a new mood of republican idealism seized the capital. 📸 Getty
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