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Dec 2021
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Best Stories of 2021

The HISTORY® Channel | Back Pocket Studios
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In this year-end episode, Sally interviews the rest of the HISTORY This Week team about their favorite stories of the year and the most interesting information that didn’t make it into the episodes. We’ll be bringing you some of our favorite classic History This Week episodes throughout the month of January and will be back with season three in February 2022.


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