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Witness History Episodes

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    Debbie McGee in Iran

    Showbiz star, Debbie McGee describes being caught up in the Iranian revolution in 1978

  2. Ycuá Bolaños supermarket fire

    More than 300 people died in Paraguay's capital in 2004

  3. Freddie Mercury 'marries' Jane Seymour

    The actress Jane Seymour shares what it was like being rock star Freddie Mercury's bride

  4. Che Guevara’s daughter: A Cuban doctor in Angola

    In 1986 Dr Aleida Guevara travelled from Cuba to treat children in communist Angola

  5. Inventing the black box

    In 1962 a prototype of the cockpit flight recorder was tested in Australia

  6. The discovery of the HIV virus

    In 1983, scientists at the Pasteur Institute in Paris first discovered the HIV virus

  7. The billion dollar bid to stop oil drilling in the Amazon

    In 2010 a $3.6billion fund began to stop oil drilling in Ecuador’s Yasuni national park

  8. Turkey: Gezi Park protests

    In 2013 protests in Istanbul’s Gezi Park led to civil unrest across Turkey

  9. 'The streets of Harare were littered with money'

    Professor Gift Mugano describes when Zimbabwe’s inflation hit 89.7 sextillion per cent

  10. The 1993 MAD hijack

    In 1993, a Nigerian Airways flight from Lagos to Abuja was hijacked

  11. The 1980 Turkey coup

    On 12 September 1980, the military took control of Turkey

  12. The first Bosphorus Bridge

    In 1973, the first bridge connecting Europe and Asia was completed

  13. Osmondmania

    Donny Osmond shares his memories of teen hysteria in 1973

  14. Launching Lagos Fashion Week

    Lagos Fashion Week was launched in 2011 putting Nigerian style on the global map

  15. Mexico’s murdered women

    In the 1990s, hundreds of young women were murdered in a Mexican border town

  16. Rana Plaza building collapse

    In 2013, an eight-storey building in Bangladesh collapsed killing more than 1,000 people

  17. Cambodian peace walk

    In 1992, Cambodia held its first peace walk aimed at uniting a country torn apart by war

  18. Surviving an acid attack and changing the law

    In 2013, acid attack survivors in India celebrated a landmark Supreme Court ruling

  19. Kwame Nkrumah: Ousted from power

    In 1966, Ghana's Kwame Nkrumah, one of Africa's most famous leaders was ousted from power

  20. Theodosia Okoh: Designer of Ghana’s flag

    Ghana's independence in 1957 was marked with a new flag designed by Theodosia Okoh

  21. The 84-year-old primary school pupil

    In 2004, Kenyan great grandfather Kimani Maruge became the oldest person to start school

  22. Yinka Shonibare: Nelson's Ship in a Bottle

    On 24 May 2010, artist Yinka Shonibare unveiled his sculpture, Nelson’s Ship in a Bottle

  23. Protectors of the Amazon

    In 2003, the Sarayaku community began a legal battle against an oil company

  24. The Amoco Cadiz oil spill

    In 1978, a crude oil tanker was shipwrecked off the coast of France

  25. Nigeria strikes oil

    In 1956 commercial quantities of oil were discovered in Nigeria

  26. The oilfield that changed Kazakhstan

    In 1993 Kazakhstan partnered with Chevron and started drilling for oil

  27. The oil crisis of 1973

    In October 1973, Arab nations slashed oil production causing prices to sky rocket

  28. The first cat cafe

    In 1998, the world’s first cat cafe opened in Taiwan

  29. The Lampedusa shipwreck tragedy

    In 2013, a ship carrying more than 500 migrants sank off the coast of Lampedusa.

  30. Kassandra: The peacekeeping telenovela in Bosnia

    The Latin American soap opera Kassandra helped keep peace in Bosnia

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