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Witness History Episodes

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    Murder in the Amazon

    Remembering the Brazilian environmental campaigner Chico Mendes, shot dead in 1988

  2. Lockerbie Bombing

    In 1988 a bomb, hidden in the hold, exploded when the airliner was above Scotland

  3. The Assassination of Spain's Prime Minister

    On December 20 1973, the Spanish PM Luis Carrero Blanco, was killed by a massive bomb.

  4. Indonesia Invades East Timor

    Days after declaring independence East Timor was invaded by Indonesia in 1975

  5. The Kidnapping of Frank Sinatra Jr

    In December 1963 the 19-year-old son of Frank Sinatra was kidnapped for a ransom

  6. International Space Station

    Bob Cabana and Sergei Krikalev were the first on board the International Space Station.

  7. South Africa Wins the Rugby World Cup

    When South Africa hosted - and won - the Rugby World Cup in 1995 it unified the country

  8. The Soweto Uprising

    In 1976 South African police opened fire on schoolchildren protesting in Soweto.

  9. The ANC's Armed Struggle

    In 1961 the African National Congress decided to take up arms against Apartheid

  10. Apartheid in the 1950s

    Following the death of Nelson Mandela we remember the system he was fighting against

  11. The Rivonia Trial

    In 1964, Nelson Mandela was put on trial for treason with seven other ANC activists

  12. Prohibition in the USA

    For 14 years it was illegal to sell alcohol in the USA - prohibition only ended in 1933

  13. Psychiatry and Homosexuality in the USA

    How Charles Silverstein challenged the view that homosexuality was a mental illness

  14. Vietnamese Boat People

    After the end of the Vietnam War in 1975, over a million people fled the country by boat.

  15. Murder of Churchwomen in El Salvador

    In December 1980 three US nuns and a layworker were killed in El Salvador

  16. Portugal Attacks Guinea

    Portuguese soldiers raided the independent West African nation of Guinea in 1970

  17. The Tehran Conference of World War Two

    In November 1943 Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill all met together to discuss WW2

  18. How Child Road Deaths Changed the Netherlands

    The 1970s road safety campaign which changed the face of the Netherlands.

  19. The First Panda in America

    In 1936 socialite Ruth Harkness and her guide captured a panda cub and took it to the US

  20. The Trojan Room Coffee Pot

    How a preoccupation with coffee became the inspiration for the first webcam in 1993

  21. Death in the Boxing Ring

    In November 1982, the boxer Deuk-Koo Kim died of brain damage after a world title fight.

  22. Making Doctor Who

    On 23 November 1963, the first episode of Doctor Who was shown.

  23. Birmingham Pub Bombings

    In 1974, bombs exploded at two busy pubs in Birmingham, killing 21 - the IRA were blamed

  24. The Execution of Ken Saro-Wiwa

    In 1995, writer Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight Ogoni rights activists were executed in Nigeria

  25. Lee Harvey Oswald in the USSR

    Before he shot President Kennedy, Oswald spent two and a half mysterious years in Minsk

  26. The Jonestown Massacre

    In November 1978 an American cult leader ordered more than 900 people to kill themselves.

  27. Yemen Civil War

    Red Cross doctors tried to help casualties from both sides in Yemen in the 1960s.

  28. Baby Fae and the Baboon Heart Transplant

    In 1984 doctors in California tried a revolutionary operation on a two-week-old baby.

  29. Death in the Boxing Ring

    In 1982, the boxer Deuk-Koo Kim died of brain damage after a world title fight

  30. Dustbowl Storms in the US

    In November 1933, one of the first big dust-storms hit central United States

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