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Witness History Episodes

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    Ugandan Asians

    In the summer of 1972 the Ugandan leader Idi Amin expelled his country's Asian community

  2. The Mississippi Burning Case

    Three civil rights workers are killed in Mississippi while taking part in Freedom Summer

  3. Samantha Smith

    Samantha Smith was 10 years old and all she wanted was world peace

  4. Mud Volcano

    In 2006 a volcano of mud erupted on the Indonesian island of Java.

  5. Trinidad Coup

    It's 1990 and parliament on the Caribbean island of Trinidad has been seized.

  6. Atlantic Balloon Crossing

    The British men who tried to become the first people to cross the Atlantic in a balloon.

  7. Bob Dylan Goes Electric

    Folk goes pop with Bob Dylan at the Newport festival in 1965.

  8. 1948 Olympics

    London was still recovering from World War II when it held the Olympic Games in 1948.

  9. Castro Attempts Revolution in Cuba

    Attacks on military barracks failed in 1953 but Castro's career as a revolutionary begins

  10. Detroit Riots

    Riots in 1967 brought five days of chaos to the US city of Detroit.

  11. Suez canal

    The day President Nasser announced that Egypt was nationalising the Suez canal.

  12. Asbestos - Nellie Kershaw's story

    The doctor's diagnosis which eventually led to the banning of asbestos in the UK.

  13. Cyprus - A Divided Island

    Turkey's invasion of Cyprus - as seen by both sides.

  14. Zimbabwe Olympics

    How a white hockey team won gold for Zimbabwe at its first Olympics.

  15. Spanish Civil War

    Hear a veteran from the International Brigades, who fought fascism in Spain.

  16. Freeze

    In 1988 a group of students put on an exhibition called Freeze. It changed British art.

  17. The Monkey Trial

    In 1925 the US was gripped by the Monkey Trial, a teacher tried for teaching evolution.

  18. Tragedy on the Tour de France

    Tom Simpson, the legendary British cyclist who died on the Tour de France.

  19. The Vote for Women Priests

    In 1992 the Church of England faced its toughest decision since the split from Rome.

  20. Spy and Femme Fatale Mata Hari

    How the Dutch exotic dancer Mata Hari, wowed Paris but was then executed for spying.

  21. Rainbow Warrior

    25 years ago the Greenpeace campaign ship, the Rainbow Warrior, was bombed.

  22. Uncovering Srebrenica

    How an American journalist uncovered the story of the Srebrenica massacre in Bosnia.

  23. Piper Alpha oil rig disaster

    On 6 July 1988 the Piper Alpha oil rig in the North Sea off Scotland exploded.

  24. Witness: the Algerians who fought for France

    The fate of the Algerians who fought for France during the war of independence.

  25. Entebbe raid

    Summer 1976, and an Air France plane is hijacked and flown to Entebbe airport in Uganda.

  26. Battle of Gettysburg

    The battle of Gettysburg was a turning point in the American Civil War.

  27. The murder of Colombian footballer Andres Escobar

    Colombian defender Andres Escobar was murdered after an own goal in the 1994 World Cup.

  28. Slovenian War of Independence

    Slovenia's ten day war of independence.

  29. Stonewall Riots

    A raid on the Stonewall club in New York leads to the birth of the gay rights movement.

  30. Korean War

    It is 60 years since the beginning of the Korean War. Listen to one soldier's story.

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