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Witness History Episodes

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    Albert Camus

    One of France's most famous writers was killed in a car crash on 4 January, 1960

  2. The Kidnapping of Frank Sinatra Jr

    In December 1963, the 19-year-old son of Frank Sinatra was kidnapped for a ransom.

  3. Lord Haw Haw - Britain's Most Hated WW2 Traitor

    On the 3rd of January 1946 Britain's most famous wartime traitor was hanged.

  4. The Longest Ever Raft Journey

    The Las Balsas expedition saw 12 men set off on three rafts across the Pacific Ocean

  5. The Zapatista Uprising in Mexico

    Armed indigenous rebels seized towns in Chiapas, Mexico, on New Year's Day in 1994

  6. Edith Piaf

    The life of the legendary French singer remembered by her friends and lovers

  7. Anti-Shah Demonstrations in Iran

    Millions of people took to the streets of Iran's main cities in December 1978.

  8. Prison Camp in WW2 Manila, Philippines

    Thousands of foreign civilians were interned when Japanese troops invaded in WW2

  9. The Murder of Dian Fossey

    Gorilla expert Dian Fossey was murdered in her cabin in Rwanda on 26 December 1985

  10. Grand Theft Auto

    A controversial new computer game designed in Scotland became a surprise hit in 1997

  11. The MP Who Faked His Own Death

    British MP John Stonehouse faked his own death in Miami and reappeared in Australia

  12. Murder in the Amazon

    Remembering the Brazilian environmental campaigner Chico Mendes, shot dead in 1988

  13. Lockerbie Bombing

    In 1988 a bomb, hidden in the hold, exploded when the airliner was above Scotland

  14. The Assassination of Spain's Prime Minister

    On December 20 1973, the Spanish PM Luis Carrero Blanco, was killed by a massive bomb.

  15. Indonesia Invades East Timor

    Days after declaring independence East Timor was invaded by Indonesia in 1975

  16. The Kidnapping of Frank Sinatra Jr

    In December 1963 the 19-year-old son of Frank Sinatra was kidnapped for a ransom

  17. International Space Station

    Bob Cabana and Sergei Krikalev were the first on board the International Space Station.

  18. South Africa Wins the Rugby World Cup

    When South Africa hosted - and won - the Rugby World Cup in 1995 it unified the country

  19. The Soweto Uprising

    In 1976 South African police opened fire on schoolchildren protesting in Soweto.

  20. The ANC's Armed Struggle

    In 1961 the African National Congress decided to take up arms against Apartheid

  21. Apartheid in the 1950s

    Following the death of Nelson Mandela we remember the system he was fighting against

  22. The Rivonia Trial

    In 1964, Nelson Mandela was put on trial for treason with seven other ANC activists

  23. Prohibition in the USA

    For 14 years it was illegal to sell alcohol in the USA - prohibition only ended in 1933

  24. Psychiatry and Homosexuality in the USA

    How Charles Silverstein challenged the view that homosexuality was a mental illness

  25. Vietnamese Boat People

    After the end of the Vietnam War in 1975, over a million people fled the country by boat.

  26. Murder of Churchwomen in El Salvador

    In December 1980 three US nuns and a layworker were killed in El Salvador

  27. Portugal Attacks Guinea

    Portuguese soldiers raided the independent West African nation of Guinea in 1970

  28. The Tehran Conference of World War Two

    In November 1943 Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill all met together to discuss WW2

  29. How Child Road Deaths Changed the Netherlands

    The 1970s road safety campaign which changed the face of the Netherlands.

  30. The First Panda in America

    In 1936 socialite Ruth Harkness and her guide captured a panda cub and took it to the US

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