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Witness History Episodes

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    Virginia Woolf

    On March 28th 1941 the British novelist Virginia Woolf took her own life.

  2. The Easter Rising

    How Irish rebels tried to start a revolution against British rule at Easter 1916.

  3. Battle of Tora Bora

    After the Taliban fell in Afghanistan, the hunt for Osama bin Laden began in earnest.

  4. Iraqi Shia Uprising - 1991

    At the end of the First Gulf War thousands of Iraqis rose up against Saddam Hussein

  5. The Death of Jan Palach

    In 1969, a student set himself alight in protest at the crushing of the Prague Spring.

  6. The Fall of Emperor Tewodros II

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

  7. Fidel Castro Takes Havana

    In 1959, the rebel leader took control of Cuba's capital city.

  8. Viagra

    In 1998 a new 'wonder' drug was approved for use in the United States

  9. The Poisoning of Viktor Yushchenko

    In 2004, Ukrainian presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko was poisoned and nearly died.

  10. Namibian Independence

    In March 1990, Namibia became independent from South African rule.

  11. The Tunnellers of WW1

    Archive recordings of the tunnellers who fought underground in WW1

  12. Vietnam-China Border War 1979

    Former communist allies China and Vietnam fought a short but bloody war in 1979.

  13. Mad Cow Disease and CJD

    How a disease affecting cattle was transferred to the human population in Britain.

  14. The Kasztner Affair

    In March 1957, an Israeli political scandal ended in an assassination.

  15. Radiocarbon Dating of the Turin Shroud

    In 1988 scientists performed a carbon dating test on the Shroud of Turin.

  16. The Original Revolutionary Feminist

    Alexandra Kollontai was the leading Marxist feminist in Communist Russia.

  17. The Release of the Birmingham Six

    In March 1991, six men were freed ending one of Britain's worst miscarriages of justice

  18. Tenerife Air Disaster

    In March 1977 the worst accident in the history of civil aviation took place in Tenerife.

  19. Spinsters' Rights

    Millions of women were left single after the men they would have married died in WW1.

  20. Poisoned in Kosovo

    How Roma Gypsies, who fled ethnic violence in 1999, were settled in a camp on toxic land

  21. Condemned as a Spy in the USSR

    Flora Leipman, a British Jew, falsely condemned as a spy, was sent to a labour camp

  22. Marie Stopes: Birth Control Pioneer

    In March 1921, Marie Stopes opened Britain's first birth control clinic in London

  23. 08/03/2016

    History as told by the people who were there

  24. The Polaroid Instant Camera

    In February 1947 Edwin Land unveiled his new invention, the first ever instant camera.

  25. The Siege of Sarajevo

    Twenty years ago the siege of Sarajevo ended, the longest siege in modern history

  26. The Foxcatcher Story

    In 1996 an American multi-millionaire murdered one of the wrestlers he was sponsoring

  27. The Caracazo Protests

    In February 1989 new austerity measures sparked days of violent protests in Venezuela

  28. Philippines People Power Revolution

    In 1986, Filipinos took to the streets to overthrow the regime of Ferdinand Marcos

  29. The Back to Africa Movement

    In the late 1800s thousands of African-Americans tried to emigrate to escape violence

  30. The Death of Jonas Savimbi

    In February 2002 the controversial Angolan rebel leader was killed by government forces

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