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Witness History Episodes

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    Nigeria's Lost Election

    The election of Chief MKO Abiola 20 years ago, which was annulled by the military

  2. Escape from Alcatraz

    In June 1962 three prisoners escaped from the maximum security US jail.

  3. The Mau Mau Rebellion

    Britain's disturbing abuses against the Mau Mau in colonial Kenya

  4. Robert Kennedy's Funeral Train

    How huge crowds of Americans mourned Bobby Kennedy after his 1968 assassination.

  5. Stalin's Gulag

    Millions of people were sent to brutal labour camps in the USSR under Joseph Stalin

  6. The Oklahoma Bomber

    Twelve years ago, Timothy McVeigh was executed for carrying out the 1995 Oklahoma bombing

  7. Bristol Bus Boycott

    How a protest by black activists in 1963 led to the UK's first anti-racism laws

  8. The Nepali Royal Massacre

    Twelve years ago, the Crown Prince of Nepal massacred his family at the royal palace

  9. The Queen's Coronation

    Two Maids of Honour remember the crowning of Queen Elizabeth the Second in London in 1953.

  10. The New Deal

    Eighty years ago, Franklin D Roosevelt promised to rescue the US from the Great Depression

  11. The Ascent of Everest

    How Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tensing conquered the world's highest mountain in 1953.

  12. The Rite of Spring

    100 years ago, the premiere of a Stravinsky ballet caused a riot in Paris.

  13. Liberace

    A film-maker remembers the flamboyant pianist and entertainer immortalised in a new film.

  14. Israel withdraws from Lebanon

    A senior UN official recalls Israel's hasty withdrawl from southern Lebanon in 2000.

  15. Africa United

    The leaders of 32 newly-independent African countries met to discuss uniting the continent

  16. The Watergate Hearings

    The scandal which lead to President Richard Nixon standing down 40 years ago

  17. The Murder of Aldo Moro

    It is 35 years since the Italian Prime Minister, Aldo Moro was found dead in a car in Rome

  18. Protect and Survive

    In May 1980 the British government published a booklet on how to survive nuclear war

  19. Dambusters

    A crewman's account of the famous British raid on Hitler's dams in 1943.

  20. The Death of Marlene Dietrich

    It is 21 years since screen star Marlene Dietrich died in Paris at the age of 90

  21. Announcing an Ethiopian Coup

    The journalist who became an unwitting voice against Ethiopian ruler Col. Mengistu

  22. Polish Protests in 1968

    As rebellion swept across Europe, Polish students called for democratic change in Poland

  23. The Great Gatsby

    Author F. Scott Fitzgerald as remembered by two close personal links

  24. The Arctic Convoys

    Allied ships battled arctic storms, bombers and U-boats to ferry supplies to Russia in WW2

  25. FA Cup - The Matthews Final

    It is 60 years since England's football legend Stanley Matthews led his team to victory

  26. The Secret US Bombing of Cambodia

    In May 1969 the New York Times revealed that US war planes were secretly bombing Cambodia

  27. Pavarotti's UK Debut

    On May 7th 1963 Luciano Pavarotti first perfomed on a British stage, in Northern Ireland

  28. IRA Hunger Strike

    In 1981 the British government was faced with prisoners on hunger strike

  29. The White Collar Art Collectors

    In 1992 an ex-postal worker and his wife donated a priceless art collection to a gallery

  30. The Children's Crusade

    Thousands of black American children protest against segregation in Birmingham, Alabama

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