Witness History Episodes Available now
Tenzing Norgay conquers Everest
In 1953, Tenzing Norgay reached the summit of Mount Everest
Edmund Hillary conquers Everest
In 1953 Edmund Hillary became the first human to reach the top of Mount Everest
The deadliest glacial avalanche in the world
On 31 May 1970, the Huascarán avalanche destroyed the town of Yungay, in Peru
Trying to unite Africa
On 25 May 1963, leaders of 32 newly-independent African nations came together
Chasing the world’s biggest tornado
In May 2013, the widest tornado ever recorded hit the US state of Oklahoma
Fikret Alić
In 1992, a photograph of a starving man in a Bosnian concentration camp stunned the world
The sergeants' coup in Suriname
Sixteen army sergeants seized power in the South American country in 1980
Pippi Longstocking
In Stockholm in 1941, Astrid Lindgren made up a story for her daughter about a young girl
Creating New Zealand's national walking trail
Geoff Chapple's vision was to create New Zealand's national walking trail
The Dambusters
Eighty years ago a daring raid destroyed dams in Germany's Ruhr Valley
