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Witness History Episodes

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    The introduction of Sharia law in Aceh, Indonesia

    On 24 June 2005, the first Sharia law public caning took place in Indonesia

  2. The assassination of Thomas Sankara

    In October 1987, African leader Thomas Sankara was gunned down in a coup

  3. Roddy Doyle: Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha

    In 1993, the Irish writer Roddy Doyle won the prestigious Booker Prize for Fiction

  4. The creation of My Little Pony

    In 1983, American toymaker Bonnie Zacherle's pony design hit the market.

  5. The turtle freed after 41 years in captivity

    In 1984, Jorge became trapped and was moved to an aquarium in Argentina

  6. Khula Manch, the victory rally

    In 1990, people gathered in Kathmandu to celebrate multi-party democracy in Nepal

  7. Hitler's teeth

    In 1945 a search begins for Hitler's dentist to prove the Führer's corpse is genuine

  8. Marcel Duchamp and the urinal that changed art

    In 1942, the French artist featured in New York's first major surrealist exhibition

  9. Straightening the Leaning Tower of Pisa

    In 2001, the Leaning Tower of Pisa reopened to the public after an 11-year closure.

  10. The first commercially successful electronic cigarette

    In May 2004, pharmacist Hon Lik's vape went on sale in China

  11. Spain welcomes Picasso’s Guernica

    In 1981 the iconic painting, Guernica, was finally handed to Spain after a 44-year exile

  12. New Nordic cuisine

    In 2004, Danish food entrepreneur Claus Meyer launched a revolution in Nordic cooking

  13. The discovery of the Terra Nova shipwreck

    In 2012, a team of researchers discovered one of the most famous polar shipwrecks

  14. Echo and the elephants

    In 1972, the world’s longest-running study of wild elephants was first launched in Kenya

  15. Anthony Bourdain's 'Don't Eat Before Reading This'

    In April 1999, Anthony Bourdain's essay Don't Eat Before Reading This was published

  16. The first Great Wall of China trek

    In May 1984, three friends set off on an epic trek along the Great Wall of China

  17. How a Maasai community in Kenya overcame a deadly drought

    In 2013, after losing most of their cattle, herders in Kajiado County came up with a plan

  18. The only Pope to visit New Zealand

    In November 1986, Pope John Paul II visited New Zealand as part of a six nations tour

  19. The reunification of Germany

    The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 paved the way for East and West Germany to reunite

  20. Women's rights in independent Tunisia

    In 1956, Tunisia gained independence and soon gave new rights to women

  21. The 'Cyprus Emergency'

    In 1955, a paramilitary group called EOKA rebelled against British colonial rule

  22. Oslo's anti-racism demonstration

    In 2001, an anti-racism rally was held in Oslo after a teenager was murdered by neo-Nazis

  23. The L'Amicale Four

    A Mauritian man jailed for two decades shares his story of what happened in Port Louis

  24. The nuclear mango deal

    On 2 March 2006, India and the United States finalised a controversial nuclear deal

  25. Casablanca: Making one of Hollywood’s greatest movies

    In 1942, one of the most famous movies of all time, Casablanca, was released

  26. How Rang De Basanti inspired a generation

    Rang De Basanti was released in 2006 exploding onto the cultural landscape

  27. I starred in Pan’s Labyrinth

    In 2006, a Spanish-language film became a cult classic and took the world by storm

  28. My father directed Seven Samurai

    In 1954, the Japanese movie Seven Samurai was released, directed by Akira Kurosawa

  29. Triumph of the Will: A Nazi propaganda film

    In 1934 one of the most controversial propaganda movies ever made was filmed at Nuremberg

  30. The invention of the mobility scooter

    In 1967, American plumber Al Thieme came up with a battery-powered seat on wheels

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