Witness History Episodes Available now
Dutch School Siege
Thirty-five years ago, gunmen took 105 young children hostage in a school in Holland.
The Hacienda nightclub
How the legendary Manchester venue launched a dance music revolution.
The murder of Giovanni Falcone
Twenty years ago the anti-mafia judge was assassinated by a bomb under his car.
Monkeys in Space
The USA sent two monkeys into space and brought them back alive for the first time
Star Wars - the film
It is 35 years since one of the biggest movie franchises of all time hit cinema screens.
Mount St Helens
On May 18th 1980 there was a huge volcanic eruption in Washington state in the USA.
The South Asia nuclear standoff
In May 1998 a nuclear arms race began in South Asia.
The execution of Anne Boleyn
In May 1536 the Queen of England was executed on the orders of her husband Henry VIII.
The Anschluss
In March 1938 Austria was annexed by Nazi Germany - one Vienna resident remembers.
Michael Apted and the 7 Up TV series
In 1964, a TV documentary series introduced a group of seven-year-olds to British viewers
