BBC World Service - Witness History

Yeltsin And The Chechen Rebels

In 1996, a Chechen rebel delegation negotiated peace with Russia's President Yeltsin.

In 1991 14000 Ethiopian Jews were airlifted to Israel during Operation Solomon

The day millions of Americans formed a human chain to try to end poverty and homelessness

In May 1536 the Queen of England was executed on the orders of her husband, Henry VIII

Telephone operator Naida Glavish became known for saying good morning to callers in Maori

The French surrender at the siege of Dien Bien Phu ended their colonial rule of Vietnam

How student protests and workers' strikes threatened to bring down France's government.

In 1916 Marcus Garvey arrived in the US urging black people to unite in a new nation.

Archive interviews with Orson Welles about one of the greatest films of all time

Irish dance sensation Riverdance debuted at the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest in Dublin