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Witness History Episodes

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    The 84-year-old primary school pupil

    In 2004, Kenyan great grandfather Kimani Maruge became the oldest person to start school

  2. Yinka Shonibare: Nelson's Ship in a Bottle

    On 24 May 2010, artist Yinka Shonibare unveiled his sculpture, Nelson’s Ship in a Bottle

  3. Protectors of the Amazon

    In 2003, the Sarayaku community began a legal battle against an oil company

  4. The Amoco Cadiz oil spill

    In 1978, a crude oil tanker was shipwrecked off the coast of France

  5. Nigeria strikes oil

    In 1956 commercial quantities of oil were discovered in Nigeria

  6. The oilfield that changed Kazakhstan

    In 1993 Kazakhstan partnered with Chevron and started drilling for oil

  7. The oil crisis of 1973

    In October 1973, Arab nations slashed oil production causing prices to sky rocket

  8. The first cat cafe

    In 1998, the world’s first cat cafe opened in Taiwan

  9. The Lampedusa shipwreck tragedy

    In 2013, a ship carrying more than 500 migrants sank off the coast of Lampedusa.

  10. Kassandra: The peacekeeping telenovela in Bosnia

    The Latin American soap opera Kassandra helped keep peace in Bosnia

  11. Concorde's first flight

    On 2 March 1969 Concorde took to the skies for the first time

  12. Vietnam War: Stopping nuclear disaster

    In 1975, physicist Wally Hendrickson prevented nuclear disaster in Vietnam

  13. The year of the vuvuzela

    Freddie 'Saddam' Maake tells the story of how he became known as 'Mr Vuvuzela'

  14. Kenya: Nairobi shopping mall attack

    In 2013, a Somali militant group attacked the Westgate Mall in Nairobi

  15. The first person inside the 'Gates of Hell'

    In November 2013, George Kourounis descended into the 'Gates of Hell'

  16. Fighting for legal abortion in Italy

    In 1978, campaigners won their fight to legalise abortion in Italy despite the opposition

  17. Nazi eugenics

    In 1933, Adolf Hitler ordered the sterilisation of people with disabilities

  18. The Ramallah concert

    In 2005, an orchestra made up of young Arab and Israeli musicians performed in Ramallah

  19. The siege at the Church of the Nativity

    The final days of one of the most dramatic sieges of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

  20. Ariel Sharon visits al-Aqsa

    In 2000, the Israeli opposition leader visited the al-Aqsa Mosque compound

  21. Camp David Summit: How Middle East peace talks failed

    President Bill Clinton’s failed attempt to end the conflict in the Middle East.

  22. Oslo Peace Accords: The secret talks behind Middle East deal

    How a couple in Oslo brokered peace in the Middle East

  23. Victor Jara: killed in Chile's coup

    The musician's widow recounts his murder at the hands of Chile's army in 1973

  24. Organising Chile's 1973 military coup

    On 11 September, General Augusto Pinochet deposed President Salvador Allende

  25. Murder of Swedish politician Anna Lindh

    In 2003, Swedish politician Anna Lindh was attacked and killed in Stockholm

  26. Bi Kidude: Zanzibar's 'golden grandmother of music'

    Bi Kidude was one of the first women from Zanzibar to sing in public without the veil

  27. Arctic 30: Russian arrest of Greenpeace campaigners

    In 2013, campaigners were arrested for protesting against oil drilling in the Arctic

  28. Leaving China to study after the Cultural Revolution

    We hear from one of the first students to study overseas after the Cultural Revolution

  29. Saving Guadalupe from goats

    An island expedition helped save Guadalupe's wildlife from extinction...and goats

  30. Egypt's Rabaa massacre

    In August 2013, the army killed hundreds of protestors in Cairo

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