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Witness History Episodes

  1. The Fall of Idi Amin 1979

    In April 1979 the brutal Ugandan ruler, Idi Amin, was ousted by invading Tanzanian forces

  2. Georgia's Struggle for Independence

    Soviet troops crushed a mass demonstration in Georgia's capital Tbilisi on 9 April,1989

  3. Marian Anderson Sings at the Lincoln Memorial

    The great American contralto sings to a huge crowd in Washington DC on 9 April, 1939

  4. The Rwandan Genocide

    The mass killing of minority ethnic Tutsis in Rwanda began on 7 April,1994

  5. The Quit India Movement

    Gandhi's call to all Indians to rise up in non-violent resistance to British rule in 1942

  6. The Windsors In Exile

    Life in Paris for Duke and Duchess of Windsor, formerly Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson

  7. The Kidnap and Murder of Axel Blumberg

    In April 2004 the death of a 23-year-old student provoked a wave of protests in Argentina

  8. The BBC Spaghetti Hoax

    In 1957 the BBC played an April Fool's joke on the British public.

  9. The Murder of Selena Quintanilla-Perez

    On March 31 1995, rising Latino superstar Selena was shot dead by her fan club manager.

  10. Germany's Guest Workers

    In the 1960s, Germany recruited hundreds of thousands of foreign workers, many from Turkey

  11. The First Outbreak of the Ebola Virus

    Almost 300 people died before the outbreak in Zaire in 1976 was eventually contained

  12. The Conviction of Jack Kevorkian

    In March 1999, US doctor Jack Kevorkian was convicted for performing euthanasia

  13. The First Democratic Elections in the USSR

    In March 1989, Soviet citizens were given a chance to vote for non-communists candidates

  14. Maori Song Rocks New Zealand

    How Poi E became the first Maori language song to reach number one in New Zealand

  15. Missing Plane Mystery

    In 1947 a passenger plane vanished without trace, only to reappear 53 years later

  16. Uganda Cult Deaths

    Hundreds of doomsday cult members were found murdered in Uganda in March 2000

  17. The Development of the First AIDS Drug

    AZT was approved within two years, the fastest approval in US history at the time

  18. A Failed Royal Kidnapping

    Princess Anne escaped a kidnap attempt by a lone gunman in London in March 1974

  19. Germany's Guest Workers

    In the 1960s foreign workers were invited to power the country's economic regeneration

  20. The Torrey Canyon Disaster

    An oil tanker hit the rocks off the the south-west coast of England in March 1967

  21. Taiwan - The 228 Incident

    In early 1947, Chinese nationalist forces killed thousands of Taiwanese islanders.

  22. 1989 and the Lebanese Civil War

    Fighting intensified in the Lebanese capital Beirut in March 1989

  23. Taiwan '228 Incident'

    In 1947, Chiang Kai-Shek's Chinese nationalist troops killed 20,000 civilians in Taiwan

  24. The Creation of Barbie

    The woman who created the most famous doll in the world - Barbie

  25. The Madrid Train Bombings

    The bombing of commuter trains in Spain's capital that killed 191 people and injured 1800

  26. Suffragette Art Attack

    In 1914 a suffragette attacked a painting in London's National Gallery with a cleaver

  27. Fighting the Contras in Nicaragua

    A former left-wing Sandinista soldier talks about the war against US-backed Contras.

  28. Ghana Veterans and the 1948 Accra Riots

    In 1948 Ghana was rocked by riots following the killing of Ghanaian WW2 veterans

  29. Soviet Mission to Halley's Comet

    In 1986, two Soviet space probes intercepted Halley's Comet

  30. The Miss World Protest

    In 1970 feminists stormed the stage at the Miss World pageant in London.

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