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Witness History Episodes

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    Pearl Harbour

    It is 70 years since Japanese planes attacked the US Navy base in Hawaii.

  2. The Bermuda Triangle

    The story of the Bermuda Triangle began when five US Navy planes went missing in 1945.

  3. The Pill

    The pill meant reliable, convenient family planning - and sexual freedom

  4. The US Embassy in Tehran

    In 1979 student demonstrators attacked the American Embassy in Iran.

  5. Ryan White

    The story of a young haemophiliac who was banned from school after testing HIV positive.

  6. The Winter of Discontent

    In 1979 British public sector workers went on strike over pay.

  7. The Battle in Seattle

    In November 1999 police battled with anti-globalisation protestors for control of Seattle.

  8. Plane spotters

    In November 2001 a group of British tourists were arrested and put on trial in Greece.

  9. Thalidomide

    Fifty years ago the drug thalidomide was found to cause serious damage to unborn children

  10. Ned Kelly's Last Stand

    How the infamous Australian outlaw Ned Kelly, was finally captured in 1880.

  11. Mobutu Sese Seko of Congo

    How Mobutu Sese Seko run a kleptocratic dictatorship in Congo for 32 years.

  12. Georgia's Rose Revolution

    In November 2003 a popular uprising unseated the government of Georgia.

  13. President Sadat of Egypt visits Israel

    How Anwar Sadat became the first Egyptian president to visit Israel in 1977.

  14. Nikola Tesla

    He was one of the great pioneers of electrical power.

  15. Kim Philby the spy

    How a Soviet agent managed to fool the British intelligence service for years.

  16. Cathy Come Home

    It is 45 years since a BBC TV drama changed British ideas about homelessness.

  17. Great Lisbon Earthquake

    How an earthquake in 1755 flattened Lisbon and led to a revolution in European thought.

  18. Student Uprising in Greece in 1973

    Alan Johnston reports on a student uprising against military rule in Greece in 1973.

  19. Oh What A Lovely War

    In the 1960s, radio and stage shows helped provoke a change in attitudes to World War I.

  20. San Salvador offensive

    In November 1989 the civil war in El Salvador hit the capital city.

  21. The Death of Leonid Brezhnev

    The Soviet leader died in November 1982 after years of ill health.

  22. Ruby Bridges Attends an all-White School

    The desegregation of the education system in the Southern States of the USA began in 1960

  23. Mission to Mars

    The first spacecraft to go to Mars left Earth in November 1964

  24. The death of Robert Maxwell

    It is 20 years since the newspaper magnate disappeared off his yacht.

  25. Hungarian uprising of 1956

    Soviet tanks rolled into Budapest on 4 November 1956 ending a shortlived popular uprising.

  26. 75 years of BBC TV

    On 2 November 1936 the first regular TV service in the world was launched by the BBC.

  27. Keith Jarrett in Cologne

    How a jazz concert organised by a 17-year old turned into a bestselling album.

  28. Murder of Polish priest

    In late October 1984 the body of a Polish priest was found in a town outside Warsaw.

  29. Indonesian killings

    In the autumn of 1965 a purge of communist sympathisers began in Indonesia.

  30. The American POW who chose China

    When the Korean War ended, a few US POWs chose to stay and live under communism.

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