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Witness History Episodes

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    The Beatles and All You Need is Love

    How the Beatles stole the show on the world's first live TV broadcast in June 1967

  2. The Woman Who Stopped Equal Rights in America

    In June 1982 Phyllis Schlafly defeated a law to guarantee gender equality in the US.

  3. Algeria's Berbers

    In June 2001 hundreds of thousands of people demonstrated for Berber rights in Algiers.

  4. The Montserrat Volcano

    In June 1997 a devastating eruption took place on the Caribbean island of Montserrat

  5. The Six Day War: A Jordanian view

    Captain Nabih El Suhaimat fought to defend East Jerusalem from the Israelis

  6. The Six Day War: An Israeli view

    In 1967, Israel captured the whole of Jerusalem on the third day of the Six Day War

  7. The Killing of Robert Kennedy

    The Democrat Senator and Presidential hopeful died on June 6th 1968 after being shot.

  8. Escape From Slavery

    The story of the Pakistani boy forced into bonded labour at the age of four.

  9. America's First Female Rabbi

    In June 1972 Sally Priesand became the first woman to be ordained as a rabbi in the USA.

  10. Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy

    Actor Barbara Leigh-Hunt on her role in one of the most controversial Hitchcock movies

  11. Rock Concert for Chernobyl

    In May 1986, a small group of musicians staged the first charity rock concert in the USSR

  12. India's "Mr Sanitation"

    In 1968 Dr Bindeshwar Pathak began his mission to improve toilet facilities for the poor.

  13. Operation Lifeline: Canada's Refugee Revolution

    In 1979 Canadians began a revolutionary scheme to aid thousands of Indochinese refugees

  14. Pakistan's First Nuclear Test

    In May 1998 Pakistan responded to an Indian nuclear test with an explosion of its own

  15. The Killing of Poet Roque Dalton

    In May 1975 one of Latin America's leading young poets was shot dead in El Salvador.

  16. When Irish Pubs Saved the Economy

    When Ireland's banks went on strike in 1970, people cashed their cheques in pubs.

  17. Teresa Teng

    The Taiwanese pop singer who became a superstar in communist China

  18. The Death of Neda Agha Soltan

    The young woman, killed at a protest in 2009, who became a symbol for opposition in Iran

  19. Alexander Hamilton

    A Broadway musical has made an 18th century American politician famous once more.

  20. Brown vs The Board of Education

    In 1954 the US Supreme Court ruled that segregated public schools were unconstitutional.

  21. Weight Watchers

    How a New York housewife started a worldwide weight loss business in May 1963.

  22. The George Wallace Assassination Attempt

    How one of America's most controversial politicians was shot while running for president.

  23. The Trial of Maurice Papon

    French minister Maurice Papon went on trial for helping the Nazis to deport French Jews

  24. Wine Shock: 'The Judgement of Paris'

    In 1976, unknown Californian wines beat top French wines in a blind wine tasting in Paris

  25. Americans told 'Eat Less' to Live Longer

    In 1977 a US government body first warned Americans that their diet was killing them.

  26. The Soviet James Bond

    In 1973, the most successful TV spy series ever to be broadcast in the USSR, went on air.

  27. Shenzhen - Special Economic Zone

    In May 1980 Communist China allowed capitalist activity for the first time.

  28. The French Army Mutiny of 1917

    After enduring years of slaughter during WW1, French army units finally mutinied

  29. Civil War in Tajikistan

    In 1992, shortly after the collapse of the USSR, a civil war erupted in Tajikistan.

  30. Magnum Photos

    The legendary photographic cooperative, Magnum, was founded 70 years ago

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