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Witness History Episodes

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    The Omagh Bombing

    In August 1998, 29 people died in a massive car bombing in Omagh, Northern Ireland.

  2. Photographing Martin Luther King and His Family

    Moneta Sleet, the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize for journalism.

  3. Vera Brittain: Anti-Bombing Campaigner

    During WW2 the feminist and writer Vera Brittain spoke out against the bombing of Germany

  4. The Burma Uprising of 1988

    On August 8th 1988 the Burmese military cracked down on anti-government demonstrators.

  5. Israel's Secret Peace Envoy

    In August 1994 Yitzhak Rabin became the first Israeli leader to visit Jordan

  6. The Battle of the Potato Beetles

    Communist East Germany claimed US planes were dropping beetles on their crops

  7. When Buckingham Palace Opened Its Doors

    Queen Elizabeth II first opened her home to the paying public on August 7th 1993.

  8. The Azeri-Armenian Village Swap

    How two villages, Armenian and Azeri, managed to avoid ethnic violence by swapping homes

  9. The First CIA Coup in Latin America

    Guatemala's president was ousted from power by army officers backed by the CIA in 1954.

  10. The Search for Iran's Nuclear Programme

    In 2003 Iran agreed to let the IAEA into the country to inspect its nuclear facilities.

  11. The Retirement Home For Dancing Bears

    The Bulgarian sanctuary that cares for bears once forced to dance.

  12. Shambo The Sacred Bull

    How a bull's health led to a stand-off between monks and the Welsh government in 2007.

  13. WW1: Britain's Conscientious Objectors

    Thousands went to prison for refusing to join Britain's war effort.

  14. Women At West Point

    In July 1976, female cadets were admitted to the US Military Academy for the first time.

  15. Winston Churchill's Election Defeat

    In July l945 Britain's wartime leader Winston Churchill was ousted in a general election

  16. The Whitewashing of Zimbabwe's Ancient History

    The contentious history of the ruined city of Great Zimbabwe - finally revealed.

  17. The Kitchen Debate

    When two Cold War leaders argued about living standards in their countries.

  18. South Korea's Summer Of Terror

    How thousands of suspected communist sympathisers were killed in South Korea in 1950.

  19. A Vet Remembers The Hyde Park Bombing

    Two IRA bombs in London parks killed 11 military personnel and 7 horses on 20th July 1982

  20. The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

    The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty was signed in July 1968

  21. The Bombing of the King David Hotel

    The attack by an armed Jewish group on British HQ in Palestine that left 91 dead.

  22. The Virgin Lands Campaign

    To fight food shortages in the 1950s the USSR embarked on a major agricultural project

  23. The Killing of the Russian Tsar

    The Russian Tsar and his family were shot in a cellar in Yekaterinburg on 17 July 1918

  24. Italy's 'Ghost Shipwreck'

    How journalists located the wreck of a boat that capsized killing nearly 300 migrants

  25. The Spiegel Affair

    How a magazine article about West Germany's defence strategy led to a government crisis.

  26. Smiling Buddha: India's First Nuclear Test

    How India secretly developed and exploded its first atomic device in 1974

  27. Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart

    Published in 1958 the Nigerian writer's first novel revolutionised African fiction.

  28. Robert Mapplethorpe - Photographer

    The artist known for his nude portraits was at the height of his fame in 1988.

  29. Kosovo: 'Madeleine's War'

    Ex-US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright on why she argued for Nato action in Kosovo

  30. Playgrounds Made of Junk

    Post-war Britain saw a rise in "adventure playgrounds" born out of bomb-sites

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