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Witness History Episodes

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    New York Blackout

    It is 35 years since the streets of the Big Apple were plunged into darkness.

  2. Bay of Pigs Invasion

    A Cuban exile tells how he and several hundred others tried to overthrow Fidel Castro.

  3. Ladysmith Black Mambazo

    How working with Paul Simon made South African group Ladysmith Black Mambazo global stars.

  4. Bush House in wartime

    The BBC World Service is leaving Bush House in central London after 70 years there.

  5. Irving T Bush - Builder of Bush House

    The story of the American businessman who built the home of the BBC World Service.

  6. Angola Mercenaries

    In July 1976 four foreign mercenaries were executed for their part in Angola's civil war.

  7. Telstar

    It is 50 years since the first ever transatlantic satellite TV broadcast.

  8. In prison with Nelson Mandela

    Ahmed Kathrada was jailed in South Africa alongside Nelson Mandela.

  9. London suicide bombings

    On 7 July 2005, London was thrown into chaos by four bomb attacks.

  10. Algerian independence

    It is 50 years since the end of French colonial rule in Algeria.

  11. The Muslim Brotherhood - Hassan al-Banna

    Egypt now has a president from the Muslim Brotherhood - hear how it started 84 years ago.

  12. Mass Wedding in New York City

    In 1982 4,000 people got married in a mass blessing carried out by Reverend Sun Myung Moon

  13. The Disappearance of Amelia Earhart

    In July 1937 the female flyer disappeared in her plane somewhere over the Pacific Ocean.

  14. Greensboro Lunch Counter Sit-in

    How a white-only lunch counter was challenged in North Carolina, USA, in 1960.

  15. Hong Kong Handover

    In 1997 Hong Kong was handed back to China after 150 years of British rule.

  16. Bomber Command

    During World War II, Allied bombing raids brought death and destruction to German cities.

  17. Shakespeare's Globe

    It is 15 years since a replica of Shakespeare's Globe theatre was opened in London.

  18. The football war

    It is over 40 years since a brief but bloody war between Honduras and El Salvador.

  19. Anne Frank's Diary

    In June 1947 the diary of Anne Frank was published for the very first time.

  20. Perestroika

    Reform in the Soviet Union, known as perestroika, was launched 25 years ago in 1987.

  21. France under Nazi occupation

    A Frenchwoman remembers life under Nazi occupation during the Second World War.

  22. The Berlin airlift

    In June 1948 Soviet troops cut supply lines around West Berlin in Germany.

  23. Dadaab refugee camp

    The biggest refugee camp in the world was established 21 years ago.

  24. The death of Roberto Calvi

    On June 18, 1982 an Italian banker was found dead in mysterious circumstances in London.

  25. James Joyce and Ulysses

    It is 90 years since one of the most influential novels of the 20th century was published.

  26. The end of the Falklands conflict

    Thirty years ago the war ended between Britain and Argentina over the Falkland Islands.

  27. President Karzai of Afghanistan

    It is 10 years since Hamid Karzai was first appointed as interim President of Afghanistan.

  28. Rudolf Nureyev defects

    It is over 50 years since the great Russian ballet dancer left the Soviet Union for good.

  29. The Pentagon Papers

    The man behind one of the most important security breaches in US history tells his story.

  30. Robert Kennedy's Funeral Train

    How Americans lined the route of Senator Robert Kennedy's funeral train in 1968.

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