Witness History Episodes Available now
The Yodogo Hijacking
In March 1970, Japanese left-wing extremists hijacked a plane with samurai swords.
Siege of Sarajevo
The siege of Sarajevo lasted for almost four years. Witness Vedrana Seksan tells her story
Pakistan Ban on Alcohol
In the spring of 1977 the government of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto introduced a ban on alcohol
Harrer in Tibet
In 1944, Austrian mountaineer Heinrich Harrer fled into the forbidden land of Tibet.
The Attempt on Ronald Reagan's Life
On March 30th 1981 a man tried to assassinate US President Ronald Reagan.
The Back to Africa Movement
In the late 1800s, African Americans from Arkansas began moving to Liberia in West Africa.
The Harold Wilson Plot
In March 1976, the British prime minister Harold Wilson unexpectedly resigned. Why?
Romania's Orphans
In 1990 the terrible conditions inside Romania's orphanages first came to light.
Virginia Woolf
On March 28th 1941 the British novelist Virginia Woolf took her own life.
The Easter Rising
How Irish rebels tried to start a revolution against British rule at Easter 1916.
