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Witness History Episodes

  1. Partition

    British India was divided into two new countries - India and Pakistan - in August 1947

  2. The Crime That Shocked Argentina

    In April 2004, the murder of a young student provoked a wave of protests in Argentina.

  3. The Liberation of Paris

    French and US forces freed Paris from German occupation in August 1944

  4. Zimbabwe's Rebel Writer

    Zimbabwean writer Dambudzo Marechera died of an AIDS-related illness on 18 August 1987

  5. Carlos the Jackal

    The terrorist 'Carlos the Jackal' was arrested in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, in 1994

  6. The Plot to Kill Franco

    The Scottish anarchist and the plot to kill General Franco

  7. The Wizard of Oz

    The cast and crew remember one of the most popular Hollywood musicals of all time

  8. Steve Biko

    Steve Biko led South Africa's Black Consciousness Movement before he was killed in 1977.

  9. The Supremes

    The Supremes had their first hit 'Baby Love' in August 1964, 50 years ago

  10. Marooned in Stalin's Russia

    How thousands of Polish citizens tried to flee the USSR after being freed in August 1941

  11. Internment in Northern Ireland

    In 1971 the British Army detained hundreds of suspects without trial in Northern Ireland.

  12. The Resignation of President Nixon

    On 8 August 1974 Richard Nixon became the first US president in history to resign.

  13. Lindow Man

    In 1984, the 2000 year old remains of a man were found preserved in a peat bog in England

  14. The Death of Frida Kahlo

    On 13 July 1954, celebrated Mexican artist Frida Kahlo died at the age of 47.

  15. Japanese Prisoner Breakout

    On 5 Aug 1944, hundreds of Japanese prisoners attempted the largest breakout of WW2.

  16. The Mississippi Burning Case

    On 4 Aug 1964 the bodies of three murdered civil rights workers were found in Mississippi

  17. The Warsaw Uprising

    On 1 August 1944, resistance fighters in the Polish capital rose up against German forces

  18. Martha Stewart in Jail

    A fellow prisoner recalls how the American TV celebrity survived five months behind bars

  19. Christian: The Lion From London

    In 1969 two young Australians bought a lion cub in Harrods and raised it in London

  20. The Man Who Tried to Kill Hitler

    In July 1944 a group of German officers attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler.

  21. The World's First Jet Airliner

    In July 1949, the British-built de Havilland Comet took off for the first time

  22. The Outbreak of World War One

    Eyewitness accounts from the archives of the start of war in the summer of 1914

  23. Purple Rain

    It's 30 years since the release of the film Purple Rain, starring musician Prince

  24. The First Palestinian Intifada

    In 1987, the first Palestinian uprising, or intifada, started in Gaza

  25. The Last Days of British Rule in India

    In summer 1947 India declared independence after hundreds of years of British rule.

  26. The Killing of Miguel Angel Blanco

    In 1997 a young Spanish politician was murdered by the Basque separatist group ETA

  27. Attack on Argentina's Jews

    In 1994 a bomb exploded in Argentina killing 85 people at a Jewish centre

  28. The Plot to Kill Hitler

    Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg attempted to kill Adolf Hitler on 20 July, 1944

  29. Turkey Invades Cyprus

    In July 1974 Turkish troops invaded the island of Cyprus

  30. The Fall of General Somoza

    In July 1979 left-wing rebels toppled the last member of the Somoza dynasty in Nicaragua.

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