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Witness History Episodes

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    Bologna bomb

    In August 1980 a huge bomb destroyed much of Bologna railway station in Italy

  2. Peace Activist Samantha Smith

    A child dreams of world peace and writes a letter to the leader of the Soviet Union

  3. MTV turns 30

    It is 30 years since the launch of the first 24 hour music TV channel

  4. The Shipbuilders' Clydeside "Work-In"

    How Scottish workers took over their shipyards and warded off the threat of closure

  5. Picasso

    Sixty years ago a young art historian got to know the greatest painter in the world

  6. Christian the Lion

    The story of two Australians who berfriended a lion in London, and freed him in Africa

  7. Telstar

    Fifty years since the first transatlantic broadcast

  8. The Kitchen Debate

    In July 1959, two Cold War leaders argued over whose system was best

  9. Moroccan exodus

    In 1961 hundreds of Jewish children were smuggled from Morocco to Israel

  10. Libyan prison massacre

    In 1996 over a thousand prisoners were killed at a jail in Tripoli

  11. The Genoa riots of 2001

    It is 10 years since protests against a G8 summit turned violent on the streets of Genoa

  12. Rupert Murdoch, the early years

    Rupert Murdoch's career in the media began in the Australian town of Adelaide in the 1950s

  13. The death of Tom Simpson

    In July 1967 British cyclist Tom Simpson, rode himself to death on the Tour de France

  14. The opening of Disneyland

    In July 1955 the first ever Disney theme park was opened in California

  15. The Crusaders capture Jerusalem

    The tale of the momentous and bloody capture of Jerusalem by the Crusaders in 1099

  16. Battle of Britain

    A Battle of Britain pilot reflects on being shot down and almost drowning in the sea

  17. The Srebrenica massacre

    In July 1995, Bosnian Serb fighters killed thousands of Muslim men and boys in Srebrenica

  18. Boycott of The Sun newspaper

    How the people of Liverpool boycotted Rupert Murdoch's Sun newspaper in the UK

  19. The space shuttle

    It is more than 30 years since the launch of the first space shuttle

  20. Bradford riots

    It is 10 years since riots engulfed the city of Bradford in the North of England

  21. Piper Alpha

    We hear from a survivor from the 1988 Piper Alpha oil rig disaster that killed 167 people

  22. Prince Charles and Princess Diana in the USA

    In 1985 the Royal couple made their first joint visit to America

  23. Ron Kovic - Ex US Marine and peace activist

    How ex-US Marine Ron Kovic became a peace activist after being paralysed in Vietnam

  24. Arthur Ashe wins Wimbledon

    In 1975 he became the first African-American man to win the tennis tournament.

  25. Camaron - Flamenco Legend

    How a gypsy singer called Camaron de la Isla revolutionised the world of flamenco

  26. Secret war in Yemen

    In the 1960s, British mercenaries joined the fighting in Yemen's civil war

  27. Elian Gonzalez

    The six-year-old boy caught in the middle of a tug-of-war between Miami and Havana

  28. President Kennedy's Visit to Ireland

    President Kennedy's emotional visit to Ireland shortly before his assassination in 1963

  29. Montserrat volcano

    In June 1997 the Soufriere Hills volcano erupted on the Caribbean island of Montserrat

  30. Fermat's Last Theorem

    Andrew Wiles on solving the problem which had intrigued mathematicians for centuries

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