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Yes, there are always multiple interpretations of historical events. Multiple interpretations of a single event is what makes history so interesting, and yet so challenging to study. Of course there are multiple interpretations of every single event that occurs. Historical events can be analyzed through many different lenses, such as: economically, politically, racially, ect.
Objectivity is an intentional and mental impartiality adopted by a historian in order to avoid prejudices and biases in the study and writing of history. Complete objectivity in an historical piece of study is not achievable as every person is influenced by the circumstances and environment in which he or she is brought up. However to attain maximum level of objectivity is the foremost task of a historian.
Students in school usually study history from appropriate textbooks. Others may use sites such as this one, encyclopedias, and even old newspapers to piece together histories.
People who discover, study, interpret, and write history are called
A historian.