Jackie Kennedy and Aristotle Onassis

Jackie Kennedy and Aristotle Onassis

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The Cu Chi tunnels of the Vietnam War

During the Vietnam War, North Vietnamese VietCong guerrillas built a vast network of tunnels in the south of the country as part of the insurgency against the South Vietnamese government and their American allies. The tunnel network was a key base and shelter for the North Vietna ...  Afficher plus

The Sami protest song that made Eurovision history

In 1980, Norway’s entry to the Eurovision Song Contest included a traditional Sami joik song from the country’s indigenous community. It was the first time joiking was heard by an international audience. The song was originally created by Mattis Haetta as part of a protest agains ...  Afficher plus

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9: The famous feud - history of Jackie Kennedy & Lee Radziwill
Found Objects - a history podcast

Today on Found Objects, we explore one of the most famous (and most complicated) pair of sisters in history. Jackie Kennedy and Lee Radziwill. Find out why Jackie left Lee out of her Will. TLDR; It’s an all-too-familiar tale of: she loves me… she loves me not.

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JFK Special 4. | How Jackie O Defined An Era
Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society

If the Kennedy's were America's first royal family, then Jackie was its queen.


She was a style icon who, alongside her husband and president JFK, symbolised a fresh hopeful start in post-war America.


And then on 22nd November 1963, the unimaginable happened ...

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JFK Special 2. | The Kennedy Sister They Tried To Hide
Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society

This November marks 60 years since President John F Kennedy was assassinated. 


His name is associated with history defining events, but it’s also connected with a dynasty, known for their celebrity and notoriously for being ‘cursed.’


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JFK Special 1. | The Irish Woman Who Built The Dynasty
Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society

This November marks 60 years since President John F Kennedy was assassinated. 


His name is associated with history defining events, but it’s also connected with a dynasty, known for their celebrity and notoriously for being ‘cursed.’


The Kennedy family ...

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