Witness History Episodes Available now
Cameroon’s mysterious lake deaths
In 1986, remote parts of Cameroon were turned into ghost villages overnight
The bird that defied extinction
In 1977, the white-winged guan was rediscovered in Peru after a century
Cabbage Patch Kids
Christmas 1983 saw frenzied shoppers buy three million Cabbage Patch Kids
The Mumbai attacks
In 2008, 10 gunmen killed more than 100 people in Mumbai’s busiest hot spots
The Paris heatwave
In 2003, Paris was overwhelmed by the hottest European heatwave for 500 years
Kennedy’s nail-biter election victory
In 1960, John F Kennedy became the youngest person to be elected United States president.
The invention of bubble tea
Chun Shui Tang tea house in Taiwan began selling bubble tea in 1987
The independence of Zambia
How Zambia became independent in 1964
Discovering the ancient city of Thonis-Heracleion
In 2000 Franck Goddio made one of the greatest ever underwater discoveries
The Bolivian Water War
How Bolivians in the city of Cochabamba fought against the “leasing of the rain”
