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Witness History Episodes

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    The Hacienda nightclub

    How the legendary Manchester venue launched a dance music revolution.

  2. The murder of Giovanni Falcone

    Twenty years ago the anti-mafia judge was assassinated by a bomb under his car.

  3. Monkeys in Space

    The USA sent two monkeys into space and brought them back alive for the first time

  4. Star Wars - the film

    It is 35 years since one of the biggest movie franchises of all time hit cinema screens.

  5. Mount St Helens

    On May 18th 1980 there was a huge volcanic eruption in Washington state in the USA.

  6. The South Asia nuclear standoff

    In May 1998 a nuclear arms race began in South Asia.

  7. The execution of Anne Boleyn

    In May 1536 the Queen of England was executed on the orders of her husband Henry VIII.

  8. The Anschluss

    In March 1938 Austria was annexed by Nazi Germany - one Vienna resident remembers.

  9. Michael Apted and the 7 Up TV series

    In 1964, a TV documentary series introduced a group of seven-year-olds to British viewers

  10. The assassination of a Prime Minister

    On May 11th 1812, the British Prime Minister, Spencer Perceval, was killed.

  11. Paris 1968

    How student protests and workers' strikes threatened to bring down France's government.

  12. The Psychiatrist and Rudolf Hess

    How a British psychiatrist examined the deputy Nazi leader after his flight to Scotland.

  13. Attack on Fela Kuti

    The Nigerian military stormed the musician's compound in Lagos, Kalakuta Republic

  14. The trial of Charles Manson

    He was responsible for a series of gruesome murders in the Hollywood hills.

  15. The General Strike

    In May 1926 workers across Britain went on strike in support of coal miners.

  16. Suicide of gay footballer

    Justin Fashanu, Britain's first openly gay footballer, killed himself in May 1998.

  17. The Los Angeles Riots

    The people of South Central Los Angeles took to the streets in fury at police brutality

  18. The capture of President Izetbegovic

    In May 1992 the Bosnian president was taken captive by Serb soldiers.

  19. The right to die

    In 2002 a paralysed woman, known as Miss B, was allowed to die in a London hospital.

  20. Mass Trespass

    How walkers stormed an English peak in 1932 and started a fight for countryside access.

  21. Studio 54

    It is 35 years since the legendary New York night club opened its doors to cool people.

  22. Gallipoli

    One New Zealand soldier's account of surviving the Battle of Gallipoli in 1915

  23. 75 years since Guernica

    In April 1937 the Basque town of Guernica was firebombed during the Spanish Civil War.

  24. The trial of Oscar Wilde

    How a court case ruined the 19th century playwright and wit.

  25. Rivers of Blood speech

    In April 1968 a politician put race and immigration at the centre of British politics.

  26. Twenty-five years of the Simpsons

    One of the most successful TV series ever was created by cartoonist Matt Groening.

  27. Auschwitz Convoy Escape

    How a group of Jews escaped from a train bound for the Auschwitz death camp in 1943.

  28. Japanese embassy hostage crisis

    In 1997, left-wing rebels held 71 people hostage for over four months in Peru.

  29. Dissidents Declared Insane

    How dissidents in the USSR were routinely declared insane and kept in mental institutions.

  30. The sinking of the Titanic

    It is 100 years since the great ocean liner sank on its maiden voyage.

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