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Witness History Episodes

  1. Britain's Serial Murderers

    In 1994 Fred and Rosemary West were charged with a series of gruesome murders in England.

  2. The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

    The heir to the Austro-Hungarian empire was killed in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914

  3. The Start of Computer Dating

    In 1965 a pioneering computer dating scheme, Operation Match, launched in the USA.

  4. 'Lidice Shall Die'

    The destruction of the village of Lidice in German-occupied Czechoslovakia in June 1942

  5. Albanian Illegal Immigrants

    In the summer of 1991 thousands of Albanians commandeered cargo ships to take them Italy

  6. 1954 Burma Hijack

    In June 1954 separatist Karen rebels in Burma hijacked a passenger plane.

  7. The River That Caught Fire

    In 1969 the Cuyahoga River in the US caught fire inspiring new laws for the enviroment

  8. The Civil Rights Act of 1964

    The passing of the Civil Rights Act through the United States Congress 50 years ago

  9. The Mysterious Life and Loves of a Russian Baroness

    Russian aristocrat Moura Budberg lived through turbulent times. But was she a Soviet spy?

  10. Burying a Hungarian Hero

    In 1989 the body of Imre Nagy, Prime Minister during the Hungarian uprising, was reburied

  11. The OJ Simpson Car Chase

    In June 1994 police chased the American football star through Los Angeles

  12. Brazil's Tropicalia Movement

    Gilberto Gil and Caetano Veloso on the 1960s movement that changed Brazilian music

  13. The Fusca - The Car that Charmed Brazil

    How the Brazilian version of the VW Beetle won a special place in the nation's heart

  14. The Murder that Shocked Brazil

    In June 2002 investigative journalist, Tim Lopes, was brutally killed by a Rio drug gang

  15. Building of Brasilia

    How Brazil opened a modernist capital city in its remote central plains in 1960

  16. War of Canudos in Brazil

    How troops crushed a rebellion by peasants in the arid backlands of north-east Brazil

  17. Broadcasting D-Day

    Original BBC reports of the Allied invasion of Nazi-occupied France, 6 June 1944

  18. The Death of Alan Turing

    It is 60 years since the great British mathematician died.

  19. The Tiananmen Square Massacre

    In June 1989 the Chinese authorities crushed a huge pro-democracy protest in Beijing.

  20. Native American Occupation Of Alcatraz

    In June 1971, an 18-month long occupation of Alcatraz by Native Americans came to an end.

  21. The Nepali Royal Massacre

    In June 2001 the Crown Prince of Nepal killed his parents and other members of his family

  22. The Fall of Addis Ababa

    In May 1991 rebels took control of Ethiopia's capital ending decades of war

  23. Britain's first women's refuge

    In 1971 the first refuge for women escaping domestic violence opened in Britain.

  24. Monkeys in Space

    For the first time America sends two monkeys into space and brings them back alive.

  25. The Death of Nehru

    In May 1964 India's first prime minister and the man who led India to independence died.

  26. The MIT Blackjack Scam

    In the 1990s teams of elite American students won millions by card counting in casinos

  27. The Pope and the Jews

    In April 1986 Pope John Paul II made a historic visit to a Rome synagogue

  28. Saving Russia's Soldiers in Chechnya

    In May 1995 thousands of young Russian conscripts were battling separatists in Chechnya

  29. Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi

    The assassination of the former Indian Prime Minister, Rajiv Gandhi

  30. Uprising in South Korea

    South Korean military put down a popular uprising in the city of Gwangju in May 1980

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