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Witness History Episodes

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    Afghanistan's Secret Schools for Girls

    How Afghan women resisted the Taliban's efforts to prohibit education for girls

  2. LBJ State of the Union Address

    US President Lyndon B Johnson's 1965 speech proposed healthcare for the poor and elderly

  3. Alaska statehood

    On January 3 1959 Alaska finally became a fully fledged member state of the USA.

  4. Chiapas Uprising

    On January 1 1994 indigenous people in southern Mexico began their rebellion.

  5. Hamlet

    Hamlet - by William Shakespeare - is still popular four centuries after it was written.

  6. Assad and Syria

    It is 40 years since Hafez al Assad seized power in Syria.

  7. The Great Escape

    One of the Great Escapees from a German prisoner of war camp speaks out

  8. Jamaica Slave Rebellion

    The rebellion was brutally crushed, but it had a significant impact

  9. Christmas Truce

    When British and German troops sang carols, exchanged gifts and played football together

  10. Andrei Sakharov

    On 23 December, 1986 the Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov was allowed to return to Moscow

  11. Georgia in crisis

    Christmas 1991 was a very difficult time for the former Soviet republic of Georgia.

  12. Lockerbie

    On December 21 1988 a US passenger plane blew up over the Scottish town of Lockerbie.

  13. US invasion of Panama

    It is 21 years since the US invaded the tiny Central American state of Panama.

  14. Washington Snipers

    It is 7 years since one of the Washington snipers, Lee Boyd Malvo, was convicted of murder

  15. Operation Desert Fox

    On 16 December 1998 the US and Britain began a four day bombardment of Iraq.

  16. Siege of Grozny

    In December 1994 Russian forces invaded Chechnya and laid siege to the capital Grozny.

  17. Capture of Saddam Hussein

    It was on this day in 2003 that Saddam Hussein was finally captured by US forces

  18. Argentina's disappeared

    On 13 December 1983, the government of Argentina promised to investigate military crimes

  19. Albert Luthuli Receives the Nobel Peace Prize

    Chief Albert Luthuli was the first African to win the Nobel Prize for Peace - in 1960

  20. Smallpox Eradication

    It was once one of the most feared diseases in the world - disfiguring and often deadly

  21. John Lennon

    It is exactly 30 years since the former Beatle, John Lennon, was shot dead in New York.

  22. Pearl Harbour

    The Japanese attack on American ships in Pearl Harbour forced the US into World War II.

  23. Somalia Marines

    In December 1992 US Marines stormed the beaches of Somalia.

  24. Kindertransports

    In December 1938 the Kindertransports began, carrying Jewish children to safety in Britain

  25. El Salvador killings

    On December 2nd 1980 the military in El Salvador killed 3 US nuns, and a layworker.

  26. Channel Tunnel

    The moment of breakthrough for the Channel Tunnel between Britain and France

  27. Tomb of Tutankhamun

    In late November 1922 the tomb of the Egyptian pharaoh, Tutankhamun, was uncovered

  28. Inca defeat

    How the great Inca empire was brought to its knees - almost 500 years ago.

  29. Freddie Mercury

    The last days of Freddie Mercury battle with Aids

  30. Mishima Suicide

    Japanese writer, Yukio Mishima's dramatic decision to end his life.

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