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Witness History Episodes

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    Appeasement

    In September 1938, Neville Chamberlain tried to negotiate with Hitler over Czechoslovakia.

  2. Re-education in China

    In China 're-education' is still used as a form of punishment - hear one man's story.

  3. The Kinsey Report into Female Sexuality

    Sex, 60 years ago: The Kinsey Report revealed all in 1953

  4. Siege of Vukovar

    In 1991 the Yugoslav army pounded the Croatian town of Vukova for 87 days

  5. The Death of Paquirri

    The fatal goring of the legendary bullfighter Francisco Rivera Pérez in September 1984

  6. Baywatch

    Executive producer Michael Berk on the birth of a global hit TV show in September 1989

  7. Re-education in Communist China

    Hear from a British man who spent five years being 're-educated' in China in the 1950s

  8. Duke Ellington Plays Kabul

    In September 1963, the jazz legend gave a concert in the Afghan capital.

  9. Iraqi Chemical Attacks

    In 1988 the Reagan administration decided not to punish Iraq for gassing Kurds in Halabja

  10. Duke Ellington Plays Afghanistan

    The jazz legend Duke Ellington played at a concert in Kabul In September 1963

  11. Anthrax Attacks

    In Sept 2001 letters were sent to journalists containing the biological agent Anthrax

  12. The Oslo Peace Accords

    In September 1993 a peace agreement was signed between Israel and the Palestinians

  13. Evita's Odyssey

    The disappearance of the remains in 1955 of Evita Peron, the revered Argentine first lady

  14. US Airman Shot Down by Syrian Forces

    In 1983, Lt Robert Goodman was captured while attacking Syrian positions in Lebanon.

  15. 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing

    Four young black girls were killed in a racist bombing in Birmingham, Alabama, USA

  16. Saving the Tiger

    In 1973 PM Indira Gandhi launched a campaign to save the Bengal Tiger from extinction

  17. Military Coup in Chile

    On September 11th 1973, Gen Augusto Pinochet ousted the socialist government in Chile

  18. US Airman Shot Down by Syria

    In December 1983, a US airman was shot down while attacking Syrian forces in Lebanon

  19. The Attica Prison Riot

    In September 1971 prisoners in a high security jail in the US rose up against their guards

  20. The Chile Coup

    In September 1973 General Pinochet launched a coup in Chile. Ariel Dorfman was there.

  21. HMS Trinidad

    George Lloyd, a young English composer, wrote a march for the ship he served on in WWII

  22. Special Operations Executive

    During WWII Britain set up a secret organisation to wage war in Nazi occupied Europe

  23. Fleeing from Laos

    In 1973 the American war against communism in Laos ended leaving their allies behind

  24. Jack The Ripper

    In September 1888, the most famous serial killer in history stalked the streets of London.

  25. Eritrea's Long War

    A doctor who took part in Eritrea's 30 year struggle for independence from Ethiopia

  26. Women Murdered in Mexico

    In 1993 young women began disappearing in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez.

  27. Aboriginal Strike

    The first ever strike by Australian Aborigines to help free them from virtual slavery

  28. I Have a Dream

    Martin Luther King made his historic plea for racial equality at the March on Washington

  29. The Sherri Finkbine Abortion Case

    How one Arizona couple's campaign for a termination split America in 1962

  30. Krakatoa

    In 1883, the Indonesian volcano caused one of the world's biggest disasters

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