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Witness History Episodes

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    Rhodesian republic

    In 1970, the white minority thought they could rule Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, for ever

  2. The Krakow Ghetto

    In March 1941 the Nazi authorities in Krakow moved the city's Jews into a ghetto

  3. Libya 1969 coup

    It is over 40 years since Colonel Gaddafi took power in Libya in a military coup

  4. Assassination of Malcolm X

    How black leader Malcolm X was assassinated in New York in February 1965.

  5. Nicaraguan elections

    It is 21 years since the left-wing Sandinista government in Nicaragua lost power

  6. Khrushchev's Secret Speech

    How Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev secretly denounced Stalin as a tyrant

  7. Apartheid in the 1950s

    The mood across South Africa in the 1950s as the Apartheid laws were being put in place

  8. People Power in the Philippines

    How people power brought down President Marcos of the Philippines in 1986.

  9. Algeria emergency

    How Algeria's experiement with democracy ended in civil war and a state of emergency.

  10. The Lindbergh kidnapping

    On 1 March 1932, the baby son of one of the most famous men in America went missing

  11. Dolly the Sheep

    What was the first cloned mammal like and why did she die young?

  12. The death of Captain Cook

    In February 1779 the British seafarer Captain Cook was beaten to death in Hawaii

  13. Fall of Singapore

    The British colony of Singapore fell to Japanese forces on this day in 1942

  14. Assassination of Rafik Hariri

    On February 14 2005, Lebanese politician Rafik Hariri was assassinated

  15. The death of Pushkin

    In February 1837 the great Russian poet - Alexander Pushkin died

  16. A communist in the US

    On 9 February 1950 Senator Joseph McCarthy began his hunt for communists in the US

  17. The Docklands bomb

    On 9 February 1996, a bomb exploded in London bringing an IRA ceasefire to an end

  18. Shot down in Iraq

    It is 20 years since international forces united to drive Iraq out of Kuwait

  19. Duvalier flees Haiti

    Twenty-five years ago today, the President of Haiti Jean-Claude Duvalier fled the country

  20. Sarajevo marketplace massacre

    On February 5 1994 there was an attack on a marketplace in the Bosnian capital, Sarajevo

  21. Revolution in Iran

    The first week of February 1979 saw a revolution unfolding in Iran

  22. Death of Sid Vicious

    The last days of punk icon, Sid Vicious, in New York in 1979

  23. Greensboro Lunch Counter Sit-ins

    A simple non-violent action to protest against racial segregation in restaurants and shops

  24. The North Sea Flood

    On the last day of January 1953 high tides and storms brought a huge flood to Holland.

  25. The siege of Leningrad

    Hundreds of thousands of civilians died of starvation during the siege of Leningrad.

  26. Siege of Sidney Street

    The bloody battle between British police and a group of revolutionaries in London in 1911

  27. Conflict in Somalia

    In January 1991 the government of Siad Barre in Somalia, collapsed

  28. Sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff

    One of the worst maritime disasters in history - the sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff

  29. Funeral of Winston Churchill

    Sir Winston Churchill, the British wartime leader, died on 24 January, 1965

  30. Execution of Louis XVI

    On 21 January 1793 the French king, Louis XVI was executed in Paris

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