BBC World Service - Witness History

Saving the Tiger

In 1973 PM Indira Gandhi launched a campaign to save the Bengal Tiger from extinction

On September 11th 1973, Gen Augusto Pinochet ousted the socialist government in Chile

In December 1983, a US airman was shot down while attacking Syrian forces in Lebanon

In September 1971 prisoners in a high security jail in the US rose up against their guards

In September 1973 General Pinochet launched a coup in Chile. Ariel Dorfman was there.

George Lloyd, a young English composer, wrote a march for the ship he served on in WWII

During WWII Britain set up a secret organisation to wage war in Nazi occupied Europe

In 1973 the American war against communism in Laos ended leaving their allies behind

In September 1888, the most famous serial killer in history stalked the streets of London.

A doctor who took part in Eritrea's 30 year struggle for independence from Ethiopia