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Witness History Episodes

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    Kassandra: The peacekeeping telenovela in Bosnia

    The Latin American soap opera Kassandra helped keep peace in Bosnia

  2. Concorde's first flight

    On 2 March 1969 Concorde took to the skies for the first time

  3. Vietnam War: Stopping nuclear disaster

    In 1975, physicist Wally Hendrickson prevented nuclear disaster in Vietnam

  4. The year of the vuvuzela

    Freddie 'Saddam' Maake tells the story of how he became known as 'Mr Vuvuzela'

  5. Kenya: Nairobi shopping mall attack

    In 2013, a Somali militant group attacked the Westgate Mall in Nairobi

  6. The first person inside the 'Gates of Hell'

    In November 2013, George Kourounis descended into the 'Gates of Hell'

  7. Fighting for legal abortion in Italy

    In 1978, campaigners won their fight to legalise abortion in Italy despite the opposition

  8. Nazi eugenics

    In 1933, Adolf Hitler ordered the sterilisation of people with disabilities

  9. The Ramallah concert

    In 2005, an orchestra made up of young Arab and Israeli musicians performed in Ramallah

  10. The siege at the Church of the Nativity

    The final days of one of the most dramatic sieges of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

  11. Ariel Sharon visits al-Aqsa

    In 2000, the Israeli opposition leader visited the al-Aqsa Mosque compound

  12. Camp David Summit: How Middle East peace talks failed

    President Bill Clinton’s failed attempt to end the conflict in the Middle East.

  13. Oslo Peace Accords: The secret talks behind Middle East deal

    How a couple in Oslo brokered peace in the Middle East

  14. Victor Jara: killed in Chile's coup

    The musician's widow recounts his murder at the hands of Chile's army in 1973

  15. Organising Chile's 1973 military coup

    On 11 September, General Augusto Pinochet deposed President Salvador Allende

  16. Murder of Swedish politician Anna Lindh

    In 2003, Swedish politician Anna Lindh was attacked and killed in Stockholm

  17. Bi Kidude: Zanzibar's 'golden grandmother of music'

    Bi Kidude was one of the first women from Zanzibar to sing in public without the veil

  18. Arctic 30: Russian arrest of Greenpeace campaigners

    In 2013, campaigners were arrested for protesting against oil drilling in the Arctic

  19. Leaving China to study after the Cultural Revolution

    We hear from one of the first students to study overseas after the Cultural Revolution

  20. Saving Guadalupe from goats

    An island expedition helped save Guadalupe's wildlife from extinction...and goats

  21. Egypt's Rabaa massacre

    In August 2013, the army killed hundreds of protestors in Cairo

  22. North and South Korean leaders meet for the first time in decades

    In June 2000, the first inter-Korean summit since the Korean War took place

  23. The Bristol bus boycott

    How a protest by black activists in 1963 led to the UK's first anti-racism laws

  24. Women invade Dublin's male-only swimming spot

    In 1974, women campaigned to swim at the Forty Foot in Dublin, Ireland

  25. Celtic Tiger: Ireland's 'ghost estates'

    How the collapse of Ireland's Celtic Tiger led to thousands of abandoned housing estates

  26. The first Rose of Tralee

    In 1959, the first Rose of Tralee festival was held in Ireland

  27. How electricity came to rural Ireland

    The Rural Electrification Scheme brought power to 300,000 homes in the Irish countryside

  28. Easter Rising in Ireland

    In 1916, a group of Irish rebels launched an armed revolt against British rule

  29. The Wizard of Oz: The stolen ruby slippers

    Ruby slippers used in the film 'The Wizard of Oz' were stolen in 2005.

  30. Judy Garland: The final shows

    The last performances of Judy Garland in January 1969

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