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Witness History Episodes

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    Armistice Day 1918

    On November 11th 1918 at 11am, the guns of World War One finally fell silent.

  2. Canada's Biggest Peacetime Evacuation

    In 1979 a train carrying tonnes of dangerous chemicals crashed in Canada

  3. The Death of Dylan Thomas

    In November 1953 Welsh poet Dylan Thomas died in New York aged just thirty-nine.

  4. The Green March in the Sahara

    In 1975 hundreds of thousands of Moroccans marched into disputed territory in the desert.

  5. Waterford Kamhlaba multi-racial school

    In 1963 southern Africa's first multi-racial school opened in Swaziland.

  6. Degenerate Art and the Nazis

    In 1937, the Nazis staged an exhibition to ridicule modern art - it was seen by millions

  7. The Samaritans Helpline

    In 1953 the first phone helpline for people considering suicide was set up in London

  8. The Assassination of Indira Gandhi

    On 31 October 1984, Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was shot by her bodyguards

  9. Hurricane Mitch

    In 1998 Central America was hit by Hurricane Mitch - more than 18,000 people died

  10. Tokyo Rose - The Most Hated Woman in America

    In 1949 Iva Toguri was falsely accused of making Japanese propaganda during World War Two

  11. The Wall Street Crash of 1987

    On Black Monday, Wall Street prices fell by a record rate in October 1987

  12. The BBC's First Man in Moscow

    In 1963, Erik de Mauny became the first BBC correspondent based in the Soviet Union.

  13. A Heroine of Burundi's Civil War

    In 1993, Marguerite Barankitse came to symbolise hope for peace in Burundi's civil war

  14. Beirut Barracks Bombing

    In 1983, hundreds died in suicide attacks on American and French bases in Lebanon

  15. Spying for the Stasi

    The secret life of Sascha Anderson, an avant-garde poet who informed for the Stasi

  16. The Opening of Sydney Opera House

    In 1973 Sydney Opera House finally opened its doors to the public, 10 years late

  17. The Death of Grenada's Revolution

    In October 1983 Grenada's leftist prime minister was killed. Six days later the US invaded

  18. Death of Grenada's Revolution

    The day Maurice Bishop leader of Grenada was killed. Six days later the US invaded

  19. The Scottsboro Boys: A Miscarriage of Justice in the US

    In 1931, nine black teenagers were convicted of raping two white girls in Alabama.

  20. Walter Sisulu is Released

    In October 1989, anti-apartheid leader Walter Sisulu was freed from jail after 26 years.

  21. The Brighton Hotel Bombing

    The day Margaret Thatcher survived a bomb attack in October 1984

  22. Escape from Sobibor Death Camp

    Hundreds of Jewish slave labourers staged a revolt in a Nazi death camp in October 1943

  23. Thomas Sankara African Revolutionary

    When one of Africa's most celebrated leaders was killed in a coup in Burkina Faso

  24. Josephine Baker - Black American Superstar

    In 1925 a young black American dancer became an overnight sensation in Paris

  25. Tunnel Under the Berlin Wall

    In October 1964 a group of students helped 57 people escape from East Germany

  26. Danish Jews Escape the Holocaust

    During WWII, most of the Jews in Denmark evaded Nazi plans to send them to death camps

  27. The Murder of Anna Politkovskaya

    The outspoken Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya was murdered in October 2006

  28. The Betty Ford Center

    How a First Lady's struggle with drugs led to the founding of a world famous rehab clinic

  29. Israel's Nuclear Secrets

    In October 1986, Mordechai Vanunu revealed Israel's secret nuclear weapons programme

  30. Australia's Asylum Stand-off

    In 2001, Australia refused entry to more than 400 refugees aboard a Norwegian freight ship

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