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Witness History Episodes

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    The Guggenheim Bilbao

    It's 15 years since an extraordinary building was opened in a Spanish industrial city.

  2. The death of Hanns Martin Schleyer

    35 years ago a German industrialist was kidnapped and killed by the Baader Meinhof Gang.

  3. Colombia Peace Talks

    The last serious attempt to end Colombia's long civil war was more than a decade ago.

  4. The Greek Civil War

    British troops liberated Greece from the Nazis in October 1944.

  5. Cuban Missile Crisis: The Photos

    CIA expert Dino Brugioni interpreted the ariel photographs of missiles in Cuba

  6. Modern art in Tehran

    It is 35 years since the opening of the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art.

  7. Search for the Loch Ness Monster

    It is 25 years since the most in-depth and expensive survey of Loch Ness.

  8. Solzhenitsyn and the Nobel Prize

    How the Soviet dissident smuggled his writing to the outside world.

  9. Che in Congo

    In 1965 the Latin-American revolutionary went to fight with rebels in the Congo.

  10. The Achille Lauro Hijacking

    In 1985 a luxury cruise liner was held by Palestinian gunmen in the Red Sea.

  11. Fifty years of the Beatles

    It is half a century since the Beatles released their first single.

  12. US Support for Nicaraguan Contras

    In October 1986 a CIA plane carrying arms to "contra" rebels was shot down in Nicaragua

  13. Black Hawk Down

    The battle in Mogadishu in 1993 which had a dramatic impact on US foreign policy.

  14. The Taliban take Kabul

    It is 16 years since the Taliban took control of the Afghan capital.

  15. German refugees in post-war Europe

    At the end of WW2, many ethnic Germans in Central Europe were forced to leave their homes.

  16. Arafat goes to the United Nations

    In the autumn of 1974 a young Palestinian was sent to NY to pave the way for Yasser Arafat

  17. Sharon at the al-Aqsa compound

    In September 2000 the Israeli opposition leader visited the Al-Aqsa compound.

  18. IRA jail break

    In September 1983 a group of IRA prisoners escaped from jail in Northern Ireland.

  19. Ireland's Magdalene Laundries

    The story of a young girl who survived Ireland's notorious Catholic workhouses for women.

  20. West Side Story

    It is 55 years since a groundbreaking musical, West Side Story, opened on Broadway.

  21. Silent Spring

    A book that helped launch the green movement highlighted the damage caused by pesticides

  22. The Invasion of Iraq

    An Iraqi woman remembers living through the US-led invasion of 2003 with Robin Lustig.

  23. The Hobbit

    How an Oxford academic came up with a story that charmed children for generations.

  24. Blasphemy in Pakistan

    In 1998 a Roman Catholic Bishop killed himself in protest at Pakistan's blasphemy laws.

  25. Mules and the Mujahideen

    Twenty-five years ago, a shipment of mules was sent from the USA to Afghanistan.

  26. Ethiopia's Korean War Hero

    The Ethiopian soldier who became a hero in the Korean War

  27. A Polish odyssey

    One girl's story of exile and soldiering during World War II.

  28. A Polish Odyssey

    One girl's story of exile and soldiering during World War Two.

  29. The shooting of Tupac Shakur

    How the American hip hop star Tupac Shakur was killed in a drive-by shooting.

  30. Dingo Baby Trial

    It is 30 years since an Australian woman was accused of murdering her daughter.

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