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|  | | By Olivia B. Waxman | | Staff Writer | As 2020 comes to a close, here’s a look back at some of the year’s most popular history stories on TIME.com. Unsurprisingly, the most-read story in our section was about a past pandemic, “How Does a Pandemic End? Here’s What We Can Learn From the 1918 Flu.” In fact, the end is more in sight, as two COVID-19 vaccines received emergency approval from the FDA since we published that article on Oct. 6. World War II continues to be a popular topic, and during a year of a national reckoning over race relations in the U.S., histories of underrepresented groups in America also topped the charts. Happy New Year, and we look forward to bringing you more in 2021. Here’s the history that made news this year: |
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