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Witness History Episodes

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    Fikret Alić

    In 1992, a photograph of a starving man in a Bosnian concentration camp stunned the world

  2. The sergeants' coup in Suriname

    Sixteen army sergeants seized power in the South American country in 1980

  3. Pippi Longstocking

    In Stockholm in 1941, Astrid Lindgren made up a story for her daughter about a young girl

  4. Creating New Zealand's national walking trail

    Geoff Chapple's vision was to create New Zealand's national walking trail

  5. The Dambusters

    Eighty years ago a daring raid destroyed dams in Germany's Ruhr Valley

  6. German child evacuees of World War Two

    Thousands of German children during World War Two were sent to camps in the countryside

  7. Singapore executes Filipina maid

    The execution of Flor Contemplacion caused a crisis between the Philippines and Singapore

  8. World War II victory in North Africa

    It is 80 years since the Allies in World War II declared victory in North Africa

  9. Warsaw Ghetto uprising

    In May 1943, the uprising in the Jewish Ghetto in Warsaw in Poland came to an end

  10. The last commercial flight out of Kai Tak

    In 1998, the last commercial flight left Hong Kong's Kai Tak airport

  11. The sinking of the SS Tilawa: the ‘Indian Titanic’

    Hundreds died when an passenger ship was hit by Japanese torpedoes in 1942

  12. United States bomb the Chinese embassy in Belgrade

    On 7 May 1999, US bombs damaged the embassy and relations between China and the West

  13. The removal of Scotland's Stone of Destiny

    In 1950, four young Scottish students took the 'Stone of Destiny' from Westminster Abbey

  14. Last King of Bulgaria

    In June 2001, Bulgaria’s former King Simeon II won the country’s parliamentary election

  15. The 'execution' of Oliver Cromwell

    In 1661 in England, the body of Oliver Cromwell was dug up for ritual execution

  16. Jean-Bédel Bokassa's coronation

    Jean-Bédel Bokassa crowned himself Emperor of the Central African Republic in 1977

  17. The king under the car park

    In 2012, the lost grave of King Richard III was found under a car park in Leicester

  18. The fight to televise the Queen's Coronation

    How BBC bosses battled with the government for the right to film inside Westminster Abbey

  19. The Met Gala goes global

    In 1995, Anna Wintour became chair of the Met Gala and changed it forever

  20. Guatemala's outspoken bishop

    Human rights campaigner Bishop Juan Gerardi was bludgeoned to death on 26 April 1998

  21. Discovering the secrets of DNA

    James Watson and Francis Crick published their discoveries about DNA on 25 April 1953

  22. Althea McNish: 'I designed fabrics for the Queen'

    In 1966, Althea McNish designed fabrics for the Queen's visit to Trinidad

  23. The Russian man who pretended to be a dog

    In 1994, Oleg Kulik posed as a dog to protest conditions in post-Soviet Russia

  24. Smoky the World War II dog hero

    In 1944, Bill Wynne adopted a Yorkie believed to be one of the first therapy dogs

  25. Roselle the 9/11 guide dog

    In 2001, Roselle helped his owner escape from the World Trade Center

  26. The world's first labradoodle

    In 1989, Wally Conron created the world's first labradoodle

  27. The first dog in space

    Laika orbited Earth in 1957

  28. Richard Dimbleby describes Belsen

    Richard Dimbleby was the first broadcaster to report from Belsen concentration camp

  29. I led the hunt for the Boston Marathon bombers

    On 15 April 2013, two brothers set off bombs at the Boston Marathon

  30. Mass grave at Sernyky

    An archaeologist travels to Ukraine to excavate a mass grave from World War Two

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