Witness History Episodes Available now
Inventing the black box
In 1962 a prototype of the cockpit flight recorder was tested in Australia
The discovery of the HIV virus
In 1983, scientists at the Pasteur Institute in Paris first discovered the HIV virus
The billion dollar bid to stop oil drilling in the Amazon
In 2010 a $3.6billion fund began to stop oil drilling in Ecuador’s Yasuni national park
Turkey: Gezi Park protests
In 2013 protests in Istanbul’s Gezi Park led to civil unrest across Turkey
'The streets of Harare were littered with money'
Professor Gift Mugano describes when Zimbabwe’s inflation hit 89.7 sextillion per cent
The 1993 MAD hijack
In 1993, a Nigerian Airways flight from Lagos to Abuja was hijacked
The 1980 Turkey coup
On 12 September 1980, the military took control of Turkey
The first Bosphorus Bridge
In 1973, the first bridge connecting Europe and Asia was completed
Osmondmania
Donny Osmond shares his memories of teen hysteria in 1973
Launching Lagos Fashion Week
Lagos Fashion Week was launched in 2011 putting Nigerian style on the global map
