Witness History Episodes Available now
Lebanon's Baalbek Festival
The Middle East's oldest arts festival, in Baalbek in Lebanon, started 60 years ago
The Reclusive JD Salinger
It's 65 years since JD Salinger's classic novel The Catcher in the Rye was published
Jacqueline Du Pre
Jacqueline Du Pre makes one of the most famous classical recordings of the 20th Century
The University of Texas Shooting
In August 1966 14 people were shot dead in America's first mass shooting at a university
Spying for America in Russia
The story of Russian spy Alexandr Ogorodnik and his CIA handler, Marti Peterson.
The Tangshan Earthquake
In 1976, one of the deadliest earthquakes in history hit the city of Tangshan in China
Meeting Picasso
In the summer of 1951 art historian John Richardson met Pablo Picasso for the first time.
The First CIA Coup in Latin America
In 1954 CIA-backed officers overthrew Guatemala's elected government.
Race Riots in Liverpool
In 1981 police used CS gas for the first time in mainland Britain to control race riots
The Beilis Case: an Anti-Jewish Trial
In 1913, a Russian Jew, Mendel Beilis, was falsely accused of a murder.
