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Witness History Episodes

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    Una Marson and the BBC Caribbean Service

    The BBC's first black producer, Una Marson, and the beginnings of the Caribbean Service

  2. Felix Baumgartner's huge leap

    In 2012, Felix Baumgartner skydived from the edge of space

  3. Soviet fashionista

    Slava Zaitsev was the first designer to design high fashion pieces in the Soviet Union

  4. Returning to District Six

    Zahra Nordien returned to District Six decades after being expelled during apartheid

  5. The Nazi occupation of Jersey

    A woman who risked her life to hide a Russian prisoner during World War Two

  6. Mongolian revolution

    In 1990, a peaceful revolution brought democracy to Mongolia

  7. Creating Teletubbies

    The story of the inspiration behind one of the most popular kids TV shows of all time

  8. 'The Dismissal' of Gough Whitlam

    In 1975, the Prime Minister was sacked in Australia's biggest constitutional crisis

  9. The Killing of Jean Charles de Menezes

    An unarmed Brazilian man is shot dead by anti-terrorism police in Stockwell, south London.

  10. Demolishing the Babri Masjid

    Hindu extremists demolished a mosque in the Indian city of Ayodhya

  11. Quebec’s 1995 referendum

    In 1995, the people of Quebec voted on whether to become independent from Canada

  12. Miss World protest

    In 1970, feminists stormed the stage at the Miss World pageant in London

  13. The woman who smuggled HIV into Bulgaria in her handbag

    Virologist Professor Radka Argirova was the first to test people for HIV in Bulgaria

  14. The islands Japan and Russia can’t agree on

    In 1947, thousands of Japanese people were taken from their island homes by Soviet troops

  15. CrossFit: The fitness phenomenon that changed the industry

    In 2000, an American personal trainer invented CrossFit

  16. Mombasa terror attacks

    Journalist Kelly Hartog describes the moment terrorists targeted Israeli tourists in Kenya

  17. How cat's eyes were invented

    In 1934, Percy Shaw invented cat's eyes, the reflective studs in the road

  18. The corruption and sodomy trials of Anwar Ibrahim

    In 1998, Anwar Ibrahim was arrested and then jailed a year later

  19. When Sweden’s roads went right

    In 1967, Swedish traffic swapped to driving on the right-hand side of the road

  20. First women’s minister in Iran

    Iran’s first ever minister for women’s affairs was appointed in 1975

  21. The invention of the seat belt

    In 1958, Swedish engineer Nils Bohlin invented the three-point safety belt for cars

  22. Qatar's first female published author

    Kaltham Jaber's anthology of short stories was published in 1978

  23. First Emirati female teacher

    A young woman who became the first female teacher in the United Arab Emirates

  24. Inventing robot camel jockeys

    In 2003, a Qatari engineer came up with the idea for a robot jockey in camel racing

  25. Burj Khalifa: Designing the world’s tallest building

    The tallest building in the world opened in 2010

  26. Formation of the United Arab Emirates

    A new country, the United Arab Emirates, was formed in 1971.

  27. The child evacuees of World War Two

    The thousands of children moved out of UK cities away from the risk of German bombs

  28. Māori protests stops South African rugby tour

    Māori anti-racism activists disrupt the South African rugby tour of New Zealand in 1981

  29. The assassination of Pim Fortuyn

    It has been 20 years since the controversial Dutch politician was murdered

  30. First rape crisis centres in the US

    Activist Sue Lenaerts helped start up one of the first rape crisis centres in the US

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