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Witness History Episodes

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    Black Sabbath

    On Friday 13 February 1970, heavy metal band Black Sabbath released their first album

  2. Britain's Secret Code-Breakers

    Witness talks to one of Britain's secret army of World War Two code-breakers

  3. Pakistan's Women Only Police Station

    In 1994 Pakistan opened the country's first all-female police station

  4. The Arab Spring and Syria

    The story of the first protests against the Assad regime in 2011

  5. The Last of the Red Hot Mamas

    The larger than life vaudeville star - Sophie Tucker - died on February 9th 1966.

  6. Prozac

    In the spring of 1988 a new kind of anti-depressant went on the market.

  7. 04/02/2016

    History as told by the people who were there

  8. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

    In 1938, the first animated feature film was released, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

  9. The ‘Abscam’ Corruption Investigation

    The FBI sting operation that ensnared corrupt politicians using a fictitious Arab sheikh.

  10. Spanish Embassy Killings

    In January 1980, 37 people died as police stormed Spain's embassy in Guatemala

  11. The First Batman TV Series

    In January 1966 Batman and Robin appeared on the small screen for the first time

  12. Sharia Returns to Nigeria

    In 2000, Zamfara became the first Nigerian state to implement full Sharia law

  13. The Challenger Disaster

    On 28 January 1986 The Challenger space shuttle launch went horribly wrong

  14. The First Fleet Lands in Australia

    Britain established a penal colony in Australia.In January 1788

  15. The Wapping Dispute

    In January 1986 newspaper owner Rupert Murdoch took on the British print unions.

  16. The Funeral of Jan Palach

    Hundreds of thousands of people mourned the student activist in Prague in January 1969.

  17. The Poisoning of Viktor Yushchenko

    In 2004, a Ukrainian presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko was mysteriously poisoned

  18. The Soldier Who Never Surrendered

    In 1972 a Japanese soldier was found hiding in the jungle on the Pacific island of Guam.

  19. Mexico's Tequila Crisis

    In January 1995 Mexico was forced to seek a multi-billion dollar bailout from the US

  20. The Adventures of Tintin

    One of the most famous cartoon characters in history was born in January 1929 - Tintin.

  21. Nigeria's First Coup

    In 1966 a small group of Nigerian army officers launched the country's first ever coup

  22. The Freedom Tower in Tehran

    Hossein Amanat was the young architect employed to build a tower for Iranian royalty.

  23. The First Alzheimer's Patient

    The tragic case that led to the discovery of Alzheimer's disease.

  24. Russia's Forbidden Art

    The Russian painter who created a world-famous collection of forbidden Soviet art

  25. A Mass Shooting in America

    In October 2006 a man killed five Amish schoolgirls and injured five more in Pennsylvania

  26. Palomares Nuclear Accident

    How two US military planes, one carrying nuclear weapons, crashed over a Spanish village

  27. Chairman Mao's Little Red Book

    How the thoughts of China's communist leader became an unexpected global best-seller

  28. Fidel Castro Takes Havana

    In Jan 1959 leftist revolutionaries ended decades of rule by Cuba's US-backed dictator

  29. The Eames Chair

    In 1956, Charles and Ray Eames launched the Eames Chair.

  30. The start of the Open University

    A new university in Britain offers a radically different approach to higher education.

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