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Witness History Episodes

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    China's Crackdown on Falun Gong

    In July 1999, the Chinese government banned the spiritual movement Falun Gong

  2. The Birth of the Water Baby

    In 1977 a state hospital near Paris began quietly changing the way women gave birth.

  3. Surviving the "Auschwitz of the Balkans"

    Croatian fascists killed Serbs, Jews and Roma people in Jasenovac camp during WW2.

  4. The Death of Evita

    Remembering Argentina's controversial First Lady Eva Peron, who died on July 26 1952.

  5. Pioneer North Sea Divers

    In the 1970s, deep sea divers were at the sharp end of the North Sea oil boom

  6. Chiang Kai Shek: The Man Who Lost China

    The Chinese civil war remembered by the Nationalist leader's former chief aide.

  7. When homosexuality was a crime

    Hear one man's story of living in fear before 1967 when Britain legalised homosexuality

  8. Khrushchev's Soviet Housing Programme

    In the 1960s, many Soviet families moved to a flat of their own for the first time.

  9. The Welsh Language Act

    In July 1967 there was a breakthrough for the Welsh language.

  10. US Psychological Warfare in Vietnam

    How American military PSYOP teams waged war in Vietnam in the 1960s

  11. The Bonus Army

    In summer 1932, thousands of American First World War veterans marched on Washington

  12. The Killing of Gianni Versace

    In July 1997 the Italian fashion designer was shot on the steps of his Florida mansion.

  13. Nintendo's Family Computer

    The home gaming console was a breakthrough in the world of computer games.

  14. The Mont Blanc Tunnel

    In July 1965 an 11-km tunnel dug deep beneath the Alps was opened to traffic

  15. The Oka Crisis

    Indigenous Canadians spent the summer of 1990 in a stand off with police.

  16. Castlemorton Common: Britain's Biggest Illegal Rave

    In the summer of 1992 thousands of ravers and New Age travellers gathered for a festival.

  17. The Rudolf Nureyev Phenomenon

    In 1961, one of the world's best ballet dancers, Rudolf Nureyev, defected from the USSR.

  18. The Imprisonment of Irina Ratushinskaya

    The dissident poet was sentenced to 7 years in a Soviet labour camp.

  19. The birth of UKIP

    In 1993, academic Dr Alan Sked started an anti-EU political party

  20. The First Tamil Suicide Bombing

    In July 1987 Tamil separatist rebels attacked a Sri Lankan army camp.

  21. The Staffordshire Hoard

    In 2009, a metal detectorist found the largest ever hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold and silver

  22. No Sex in the USSR

    Why a Russian woman blurted out "We have no sex in the USSR" on international TV.

  23. Around the World in a Balloon

    In 2002 Steve Fossett succeeded in flying solo around the world in a hot air balloon.

  24. The Roswell Incident

    It was probably the most famous ever story of an alien spacecraft - on earth

  25. Euro Disney

    In 1992 Disney opened its first theme park in Europe.

  26. The Disputed Resort of Taba

    Israel and Egypt both laid claim for years to the Red Sea resort of Taba

  27. Lonely Planet

    The travel guide that helped tourists make their way around the world on a budget.

  28. The Hippie Trail

    In the 1960s and 70s, thousands of westerners travelled to India by overland bus.

  29. The First Budget Flights Across the Atlantic

    How a small Icelandic company broke the mould in air travel in the 1950s.

  30. Italy's Shame: The Massacre in Ethiopia

    In 1937 Italian forces occupying Addis Ababa murdered thousands of Ethiopian civilians

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