Witness History Episodes Available now
Hong Kong: The handover
Chris Patten remembers the day Hong Kong was handed back to China from Britain
The UK's first official gay Pride March
The UK’s first official gay Pride march took place 50 years ago – on 1st July 1972.
Egypt's first democratic presidential election
In June 2012, Mohamed Morsi was elected in Egypt's first free presidential election.
The killing of Vincent Chin
In 1982 a Chinese-American man was murdered with a baseball bat by white men in Detroit
Robot Surgeon
In 1985 the first robot-assisted medical surgery took place in Vancouver, Canada
India's surrogacy capital
In 2003, fertility expert Dr Nayana Patel carried out her first surrogacy procedure.
Cambodia war crimes
In 2009 Rob Hamill came face-to-face with the man responsible for killing his brother
James Joyce and Ulysses
It's 100 years since one of the most influential novels of the 20th century was published
New York's LGBT High School
A school offering specialised education for LGBT students opened in the city in 1985
Vietnam's 'Napalm Girl'
It’s 50 years since Kim Phuc's village in Vietnam was bombed with napalm
