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Witness History Episodes

  1. The Resignation of President Nixon

    On 8 August 1974 Richard Nixon became the first US president in history to resign.

  2. Lindow Man

    In 1984, the 2000 year old remains of a man were found preserved in a peat bog in England

  3. The Death of Frida Kahlo

    On 13 July 1954, celebrated Mexican artist Frida Kahlo died at the age of 47.

  4. Japanese Prisoner Breakout

    On 5 Aug 1944, hundreds of Japanese prisoners attempted the largest breakout of WW2.

  5. The Mississippi Burning Case

    On 4 Aug 1964 the bodies of three murdered civil rights workers were found in Mississippi

  6. The Warsaw Uprising

    On 1 August 1944, resistance fighters in the Polish capital rose up against German forces

  7. Martha Stewart in Jail

    A fellow prisoner recalls how the American TV celebrity survived five months behind bars

  8. Christian: The Lion From London

    In 1969 two young Australians bought a lion cub in Harrods and raised it in London

  9. The Man Who Tried to Kill Hitler

    In July 1944 a group of German officers attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler.

  10. The World's First Jet Airliner

    In July 1949, the British-built de Havilland Comet took off for the first time

  11. The Outbreak of World War One

    Eyewitness accounts from the archives of the start of war in the summer of 1914

  12. Purple Rain

    It's 30 years since the release of the film Purple Rain, starring musician Prince

  13. The First Palestinian Intifada

    In 1987, the first Palestinian uprising, or intifada, started in Gaza

  14. The Last Days of British Rule in India

    In summer 1947 India declared independence after hundreds of years of British rule.

  15. The Killing of Miguel Angel Blanco

    In 1997 a young Spanish politician was murdered by the Basque separatist group ETA

  16. Attack on Argentina's Jews

    In 1994 a bomb exploded in Argentina killing 85 people at a Jewish centre

  17. The Plot to Kill Hitler

    Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg attempted to kill Adolf Hitler on 20 July, 1944

  18. Turkey Invades Cyprus

    In July 1974 Turkish troops invaded the island of Cyprus

  19. The Fall of General Somoza

    In July 1979 left-wing rebels toppled the last member of the Somoza dynasty in Nicaragua.

  20. The Chappaquiddick Incident

    In July 1969, Edward Kennedy was involved in a car accident in which a young woman died

  21. The Death of Frida Kahlo

    On 13 July 1954, the celebrated Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, died at the age of 47

  22. Pablo Neruda

    The great Latin American poet was born in a remote town in southern Chile in July 1904

  23. The Srebrenica Massacre

    Bosnian Serb troops murdered thousands of Bosnian Muslim men and boys in July 1995

  24. The Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior

    On 9 July 1985 the Greenpeace campaign ship was bombed by French secret agents

  25. The Death of Kim Il Sung

    It is 20 years since the death of North Korea's founding leader Kim Il Sung

  26. The Storming of the Red Mosque

    When militants took over a mosque in Islamabad, troops were sent in to end the siege

  27. Iraq's Awakening Movement

    Sunni tribal militia turned on Al Qaeda in Iraq and began working with US forces In 2006

  28. Artek - the Soviet Holiday Camp

    Every year, thousands of Soviet children visited the holiday camp Artek by the Black Sea

  29. Oklahoma: The Musical

    In World War Two an optimistic musical about American rural life became a hit on Broadway

  30. Abuse at Abu Ghraib: the Iraqi view

    Two Iraqi, Abu Ghraib detainees recall their experiences inside the American-run prison

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