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Witness History Episodes

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    The creation of Inspector Montalbano

    In March 1994, the first Inspector Montalbano mystery, The Shape of Water, was published

  2. The protests that sparked the Tiananmen Square massacre

    How mass student demonstrations in May 1989 led to bloodshed in Beijing

  3. Australia's first Big Thing

    In 1963, a giant sculpture of a Scotsman began one of the country's quirkiest phenomena

  4. The first Irish language television channel

    In 1996, Ireland launched its first television channel broadcasting exclusively in Irish

  5. Recording the Eichmann interviews

    In the 1950s, a journalist recorded hours of interview with the Nazi Adolf Eichmann

  6. Filming Titanic in Mexico

    In 1997, Titanic - one of the most successful films in movie history – was made in Mexico

  7. I escaped Mexico's deadly gas explosion

    In 1984, one of the world's deadliest gas accidents occurred in San Juanico

  8. I fought for Mexico’s indigenous women to get political equality

    In October 2014, millions of indigenous women in Mexico won the right to vote

  9. Mexico: The election that ended one‑party rule

    In 2000, Vicente Fox won the Mexican presidency, ending 71 years of one‑party rule

  10. The Mexican song that captivated lovers during World War II

    History told by the people who were there.

  11. Canada's worst E.coli outbreak

    In 2000, contaminated drinking water triggered one of Canada’s worst health disasters

  12. Montenegro votes for independence

    In 2006, Montenegro achieved independence from Serbia in the final break-up of Yugoslavia

  13. Witness History

    Personal account of history

  14. Exposing King Albert II's secret child

    In 1999, teenager Mario Danneels wrote a book which exposed a royal scandal in Belgium

  15. Poland’s underground newspaper

    In 1982, Polish dissidents set up Mazovia Weekly to share uncensored news with the public

  16. The Sami protest song that made Eurovision history

    In 1980, Norway’s Eurovision Song Contest entry included a traditional Sami joik song

  17. When Sweden invented the reality game show

    In 1997, Sweden launched the world's first reality-based competitive TV show

  18. Uncovering a lost burial ground in Rio

    In 1996, Merced dos Anjos unearthed the New Blacks Cemetery under her home in Brazil

  19. The fossil that revealed the first dinosaur feathers

    In 1996, a fossil in China showed the first real hint that some dinosaurs had feathers

  20. Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission

    A 2015 report found 'cultural genocide' was committed against Canada's Indigenous people

  21. Sir David Attenborough's first Zoo Quest

    In 1954 a new television programme launched the career of the world-famous broadcaster

  22. Africa's worst stadium disaster

    In May 2001, 127 people died after a stampede at a football match in the Ghanaian capital

  23. Finding the world’s most complete T-rex fossil

    In August 1990, a team discovered the most complete T-rex fossil in the world

  24. Norway's WW2 railway sabotage plot

    In 1942, Norwegian resistance fighters set out to blow up a railway used by the Nazis

  25. Nuns killed in Algeria

    In October 1993, two nuns were shot dead near their convent in Algiers

  26. The origins of World Press Freedom Day

    In 1991, journalists created the Windhoek declaration leading to World Press Freedom Day

  27. Inside the Cuban thaw

    In 2014, secret negotiations aimed to improve relations between the US and Cuba

  28. Peter Singer’s Drowning Child thought experiment

    In 1972, Peter Singer published one of the most influential ideas in modern philosophy

  29. Car-free Sundays during the global oil crisis

    In October 1973, the Netherlands became the first country to introduce car-free Sundays

  30. The world's first perfume archive

    In 1990, L'Osmothèque opened in Versailles, France with a collection of 400 perfumes

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