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Witness History Episodes

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    British Miners' Strike

    In March 1984, coal miners across the UK went on strike over planned pit closures

  2. The Maharishi's World Tour

    In spring 1959, an Indian guru toured the world teaching Transcendental Meditation.

  3. The Assassination of Benigno Aquino

    In 1983, the Philippines opposition leader was shot dead on his return from exile.

  4. Hugo Chavez's First Coup

    Left-leaning army officers staged an unsuccessful coup in Venezuela in February 1992

  5. The Downfall of Jean-Bertrand Aristide

    In February 2004 the president of Haiti was forced out of power by a countrywide uprising

  6. The Khrushchev Thaw

    In the 1950s Soviet citizens were allowed to buy tape recorders for the first time.

  7. Spitting Image

    In February 1984 an outrageous satirical puppet show hit British television screens

  8. Stalin's 1944 Deportations

    How nearly half a million Chechen and Ingush people were deported from the North Caucasus

  9. The Exile of Solzhenitsyn

    In February 1974, Russia's most famous dissident writer was sent into exile in the West.

  10. Protests for the Mother Tongue

    In February 1952 thousands marched in Dhaka in defence of the Bengali language

  11. The Fall of Albania's Enver Hoxha

    In February 1991 protesters pulled down the giant statue of Albania's communist dictator.

  12. The Death of Deng Xiaoping

    Deng Xiaoping's translator, Victor Gao remembers the architect of China's transformation

  13. The True Story of "Whisky Galore"

    In February 1941, a ship carrying nearly 30,000 cases of whisky was wrecked in Scotland.

  14. Jean-Michel Basquiat

    The rise and fall of a New York graffiti artist

  15. Women and the Iranian Revolution

    In February 1979, Iran was undergoing a revolution which would lead to an Islamic state.

  16. Fighting the Contras

    Sandinista 'Daniel Alegria' on the brutal fight with US-backed Contra rebels in Nicaragua

  17. The Exile of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

    On 13 February 1974 the Russian dissident writer was sent into exile in the West

  18. Women and the Iranian Revolution

    In 1979, the Islamic Revolution changed Iranian women's lives forever.

  19. The Search for Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction

    In 2004, the US began to realise Saddam Hussein may not have been stockpiling WMDs

  20. The Buildup to World War Two

    In 1939 tension was growing in Europe, over Nazi Germany's expansionist plans

  21. The Battle of the Carmens

    At the 1988 Winter Olympics, an East German and an American ice dancer were vying for Gold

  22. Beatlemania

    On 7 February 1964 the pop group the Beatles were met by hysterical crowds in the USA

  23. War Brides

    In 1946 tens of thousands of British women went to Canada on the first 'war brides' ship

  24. Colossus: the World's First Electronic Computer

    In February 1944, the first electronic computer began attacking coded Nazi messages

  25. The Death of Chinese Cockle Pickers

    In February 2004, 23 Chinese immigrants drowned off the coast of north-west England

  26. The Georgian-Abkhaz War

    In 1992 a war erupted in the separatist Georgian territory of Abkhazia

  27. The Killing of Dian Fossey

    In 1985, the celebrated gorilla expert was murdered at her research station in Rwanda.

  28. American Football and Brain Injuries

    The death of former NFL star Mike Webster led to questions about safety in 2002

  29. US Cuts Diplomatic Ties with Cuba

    In January 1961, the US closed down its embassy in Cuba and withdrew all diplomatic staff

  30. Gay Pride in Russia

    In 2006, Russian activists broke the law to stage the first gay pride march in Moscow.

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