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Witness History Episodes

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    The universal recycling symbol

    In 1970, American student Gary Anderson designed a logo for recycled paper products

  2. Emperor Tewodros II

    In 1868, Tewodros II of Ethiopia prepared to make a last stand against the British army

  3. The Good Friday Agreement referendum

    In 1998, a referendum was held in Northern Ireland and Ireland on the Belfast Agreement

  4. Beto Perez: 'I created Zumba by accident'

    In 2001, Colombian born choreographer Beto Perez created Zumba and it was all by accident

  5. Awaji Kannon: One of the world's tallest statues

    In 1982, a Japanese businessman unveiled the World Peace Giant Kannon in Japan

  6. Pan-European picnic

    In 1989, a picnic was held as demonstration for European integration

  7. Escaping national service in Eritrea

    The story of one young Eritrean woman’s attempt to escape compulsory national service

  8. A Brief History of Time

    A Brief History of Time, written by Prof Stephen Hawking, was published in March 1988

  9. The first photo sent from a phone

    In 1997, French engineer Philippe Kahn shared the first ever photo from a mobile phone

  10. Godfather of manicures

    In 1975, Minh Nguyen left behind his macho military life and re-trained as a manicurist

  11. How Bengaluru became India’s Silicon Valley

    Narayana Murthy, founder of Infosys, describes the city's technology revolution

  12. The windmill that revolutionised wind power

    In 1978, a group of volunteers in Denmark built their own wind turbine to power a school

  13. Keiko: Freeing 'Free Willy'

    In 1998, Keiko the Hollywood killer whale was released back into the wild

  14. The man who lived in an airport

    From 1988, Mehran Karimi Nasseri, from Iran, spent 18 years living in a Paris airport

  15. DDLJ: India’s longest running movie

    The longest running film in India was released in 1995

  16. Alcatraz: The strangest escape

    Three prisoners escaped from the maximum security US jail, Alcatraz in June 1962

  17. Kieu Chinh: A real Hollywood story

    In 1974, actress Kieu Chinh found herself on a farm cleaning up after chicken

  18. Iraq War: US security guards killed my son

    In 2007, private US Blackwater security guards opened fire on Iraqi civilians

  19. Iraq War: The capture of Saddam Hussein

    On 13 December 2003, Saddam Hussein was captured by United States forces

  20. Iraq War: 'Most wanted' playing cards

    In April 2003, playing cards were given to US troops to help them identify Iraqi targets

  21. Iraq War: Refugees escaping

    In March 2003, millions of citizens tried to flee Iraq after the US invasion began

  22. Iraq War: The beginning

    In March 2003, the Iraq War began as the United States bombed the capital, Baghdad

  23. From a goddess to a graduate

    The journey from goddess to graduate in Nepal.

  24. Monica McWilliams’ role in the Northern Ireland peace process

    Monica McWilliams played a pivotal role in the Northern Ireland peace process

  25. First all-women peacekeeping unit

    In 2007, the UN deployed its first all-female contingent of peacekeepers in Liberia

  26. Mexico's first female presidential hopeful

    In 1982, Rosario Ibarra became the first woman to stand for president in Mexico

  27. Octavia E. Butler: Visionary black sci-fi writer

    She received numerous Hugos and Nebulas - top writing prizes for sci-fi writing

  28. Zoran Djindjic: The murder of Serbia's prime minister

    In 2003, Serbia's prime minister was assassinated in Belgrade

  29. The museum at the end of the world

    In 1992, a zoologist opened one of the world's most remote museums, on an Atlantic island

  30. Grenada's underwater sculpture park

    In 2004, Jason deCaires Taylor built the worlds first underwater gallery in Grenada

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