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Witness History Episodes

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    Discovering the structure of haemoglobin

    Dr Max Perutz made one of the greatest scientific discoveries of the 20th century

  2. Assassination of Malcolm X

    In 1965, the controversial black leader, Malcolm X, was assassinated in New York

  3. Murder at the Berlin Wall

    In March 1974, Polish man Czesław Kukuczka was shot by a Stasi officer at the Berlin Wall

  4. Bolivia’s first indigenous president

    The election of Evo Morales in 2005 was a historic first for the South American country

  5. Bo: The death of a language

    In 2010, one of the oldest languages died after the death of its last remaining speaker

  6. The world's longest kiss

    In 2013, a Thai couple locked lips for 58 hours and 35 minutes in a world record attempt

  7. Eva Peron: Argentina’s Evita

    Eva Peron - or Evita - was an icon in 1940s Argentina, famous for her populist rhetoric

  8. Paul Keating's Redfern speech

    In 1992, Australia's prime minister addressed atrocities inflicted upon Indigenous people.

  9. Mary Fisher's 'A Whisper of Aids' speech

    In 1992, Mary Fisher set out to fight the prejudice faced by those with HIV and Aids

  10. Eisenhower's farewell address

    In 1961, the US President ended his time in the White House with a famous speech

  11. La Pasionaria: Heroine of the Spanish Civil War

    Dolores Ibárruri was dubbed La Pasionaria for her fiery speeches in the Spanish civil war

  12. Heathers: The making of a cult classic

    In 1989, dark comedy Heathers was released and changed the teen movie genre

  13. The first global case of coral bleaching

    In 1998, a strange phenomenon turned the world’s most colourful coral reefs deathly white

  14. Cuban blindness

    In the early 1990s, around 50,000 Cubans were struck down with sight loss

  15. Oradour massacre

    In June 1944, 642 people were killed in Oradour, France

  16. Jacques Derrida: ‘Rock star’ philosopher

    In 1966, the Frenchman upended philosophy with his theory of "deconstruction"

  17. English TV lessons in China go primetime

    An estimated 500 million people in China watched English lessons on television in 1981

  18. 1968 New York City teachers' strike

    In 1968, more than 50,000 teachers went on strike in New York City, in the USA

  19. Lithuania's 'wolf children'

    In the aftermath of World War Two, children fled East Prussia in order to survive

  20. The Baltic chain protest

    On 23 August 1989, approximately two million people joined hands to form a human chain

  21. The Milltown Cemetery attack

    In 1988, during the Troubles in Northern Ireland, three people were killed at a funeral

  22. The launch of Windows 95

    In 1995 Microsoft released a new operating system after a $300 million marketing campaign

  23. Replacing the Panchen Lama

    On 29 November 1995, China exerted its influence over Tibetan Buddhism's leadership

  24. The murder of Maurizio Gucci

    On 27 March 1995, the former head of the fashion house was shot dead in Milan, Italy

  25. Sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway

    In 1995, the doomsday cult, Aum Shinrikyo, launched a chemical attack on the Tokyo metro

  26. Hunting the Unabomber

    In September 1995, US newspapers controversially published a terrorist's manifesto.

  27. Drum: Africa’s revolutionary magazine

    The first African lifestyle magazine Drum, was first printed in 1951

  28. 'I wrote Schindler's List'

    Thomas Keneally stumbled across the story of Oskar Schindler while buying a briefcase

  29. Kobe earthquake

    On 17 January 1995, an earthquake devastated the city of Kobe, in Japan

  30. Confronting Betty Ford’s addiction

    In 1978, former first lady Betty Ford sought help for addiction

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