Witness History Episodes Available now
Yemen Civil War
Red Cross doctors tried to help casualties from both sides in Yemen in the 1960s.
Baby Fae and the Baboon Heart Transplant
In 1984 doctors in California tried a revolutionary operation on a two-week-old baby.
Death in the Boxing Ring
In 1982, the boxer Deuk-Koo Kim died of brain damage after a world title fight
Dustbowl Storms in the US
In November 1933, one of the first big dust-storms hit central United States
Armistice Day 1918
On November 11th 1918 at 11am, the guns of World War One finally fell silent.
Canada's Biggest Peacetime Evacuation
In 1979 a train carrying tonnes of dangerous chemicals crashed in Canada
The Death of Dylan Thomas
In November 1953 Welsh poet Dylan Thomas died in New York aged just thirty-nine.
The Green March in the Sahara
In 1975 hundreds of thousands of Moroccans marched into disputed territory in the desert.
Waterford Kamhlaba multi-racial school
In 1963 southern Africa's first multi-racial school opened in Swaziland.
Degenerate Art and the Nazis
In 1937, the Nazis staged an exhibition to ridicule modern art - it was seen by millions
