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Witness History Episodes

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    Tetris: The birth of an all-time favourite

    The game was created by a Russian and marketed by an American during the Cold War

  2. ‘Panda diplomacy’: China gifts pandas to Taiwan

    Giant pandas, Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan, were sent to Taiwan from China as a gift in 2008

  3. The commercial that changed advertising: 1984

    Forty years ago, a revolutionary advert played at America’s Super Bowl

  4. The Flint water crisis

    In 2014, a city in Michigan was exposed to dangerous levels of lead in its water supply

  5. The first Aboriginal MP

    In August 1971, the first Aboriginal MP took his place in the Australian Senate.

  6. The first ever quintuplets

    Ninety years ago, five girls were born and exhibited to the world

  7. Carlos Lamarca: From army captain to Brazil's 'most wanted'

    Hero or traitor? Carlos Lamarca deserted the Brazilian army to fight the military regime

  8. How Air Jordans were created

    The story of how Nike signed basketballer Michael Jordan and launched Air Jordans

  9. Imelda Marcos's famous shoe collection

    In 2001, more than 700 pairs of Imelda Marcos’ shoes became museum exhibits in Marikina

  10. Adi Dassler's sports shoe obsession

    How an argument between the Dassler brothers led to the creation of Adidas and Puma

  11. How a Brazilian flip-flop took over the world

    Havaianas has become one of the country's most successful and best-known exports

  12. Bata: Pioneering shoemakers

    A Czech company called Bata pioneered assembly line shoemaking

  13. When Cuban spy Ana Montes was caught

    The story of Cuban spy Ana Montes who was arrested in 2001

  14. Baghdad heavy metal

    The story of heavy metal in Iraq during the dictatorship of Saddam Hussein

  15. How nuclear testing changed politics in French Polynesia

    In 2004, protests against nuclear testing saw a change in how French Polynesia was ruled

  16. The creation of the state of Israel

    In 1948, the state of Israel was declared

  17. The ‘Catastrophe’ for Palestinians

    In 1948, tens of thousands of Palestinians were expelled from their homes

  18. Princess Diana at the Taj Mahal

    The story of a princess, an Indian palace and a photograph which gained worldwide fame

  19. How a billion Indians got a digital ID

    The 2009 attempt to give all Indian citizens a unique digital ID

  20. The pioneering eye surgery that led to Lasik

    In 1963, Dr Jose Barraquer Moner performed the first eye surgery to fix short-sightedness.

  21. East Germany's coffee from Vietnam

    A thirst for caffeine led to an unusual global collaboration in the 1980s

  22. Friends: The making of a smash hit

    Behind the scenes on one of the biggest TV comedies of all time

  23. The Channel Tunnel breakthrough

    In 1990, the Channel Tunnel between Britain and France was connected

  24. Ukraine's 'museum of corruption'

    Ordinary people saw inside the home of Ukraine’s ousted president in February 2014

  25. How to win friends and influence people

    In 1936, Dale Carnegie wrote the self help book - How to Win Friends and Influence People

  26. How the Milgram 'obedience' experiment shocked the world

    The study aimed to test whether 'ordinary' people were capable of committing evil acts

  27. Finding the victims of Stroessner's Paraguay

    One man has dedicated his life to finding the victims of Paraguay's dictatorship

  28. Oliver Tambo returns to South Africa from exile

    Oliver Tambo returned to South Africa in 1990 after 30 years in exile.

  29. Brenda Fassie: Madonna of the townships

    Brenda Fassie was a popular South African pop star, dubbed the 'Madonna of the townships'

  30. Sarah Baartman's 200-year journey back home

    The campaign to return Sarah Baartman to South Africa nearly 200 years after her death

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