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Witness History Episodes

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    How Peru Mistook Missionaries For Drug Traffickers

    Hear from the American who survived being shot down in his plane over the Amazon jungle

  2. The Takeover of NTV in Russia

    NTV was the only nationwide independent TV channel in Russia. It was taken over in 2001.

  3. America's 504 Disability Rights Protests

    In April 1977, US disabled activists occupied a government building for nearly a month.

  4. UK Sikhs Fight For Religious Rights

    In 1969 Sikh bus drivers in Wolverhampton won the right to wear turbans on duty.

  5. The Katyn Massacre

    Tens of thousands of Polish officers were executed in the USSR during World War 2.

  6. Ethiopia's Red Terror

    In the 1970s Ethiopia's military regime launched a brutal campaign of repression

  7. Egypt's Facebook Girl

    Israa Abd El Fattah was one of the first Egyptian activists to use Facebook for protests.

  8. The USA Enters World War One

    America declared war on Germany on 6 April 1917

  9. Princess Diana's Handshake with Aids Patient

    In April 1987 Princess Diana opened the UK's first purpose built HIV Aids unit

  10. The Nagorno-Karabakh war

    One man whose family were made refugees during the Nagorno-Karabakh war tells their story

  11. The Jane Fonda Workout

    In April 1982 the film star Jane Fonda launched her first workout video.

  12. The Collapse of the Larsen B Ice Shelf

    Glaciologist Pedro Svarka recalls the massive ice shelf tumbling into the Antarctic seas.

  13. Teletubbies

    In March 1997 the BBC launched one of the most successful children's TV programmes ever.

  14. Anthrax Leak in the Soviet Union

    In 1979, an outbreak of anthrax poisoning caused dozens of deaths in the Soviet Union.

  15. The Flavr Savr Tomato - The World's First Genetically Engineered Food

    In 1994, a tomato became the world's first genetically engineered food on sale

  16. The Murder of Archbishop Oscar Romero

    The outspoken cleric from El Salvador killed at the altar by a right-wing death squad.

  17. The Death of King Faisal

    King Faisal of Saudi Arabia was assassinated by his nephew in March 1975

  18. Ayn Rand

    The Russian-American philosopher whose novels praising capitalism sold in the millions.

  19. Mass Deportations From Soviet Estonia

    In 1949, Moscow arranged the deportation of tens of thousands of Estonians to Siberia.

  20. Submarine Warfare in WW1

    The underwater vessels were first used widely in the First World War

  21. An Assassination in Colombia

    The murder of left-wing opposition politician Bernardo Jaramillo in March 1990.

  22. Kolkata Sex Workers.

    In March 2001 thousands of Indian prostitutes united to fight for their rights.

  23. The Germans Occupy Prague

    In March 1939, German troops occupied Prague; hear the story of one young boy who escaped

  24. The Russian Empire in Colour

    Photographer Sergei Prokudin-Gorskii took the first colour photographs of Russia

  25. The First Russian Revolution of 1917

    In March 1917 Tsar Nicholas II abdicated ending centuries of autocratic rule in Russia

  26. The Aids Patient Zero Myth

    How one man was mistakenly identified as the "Patient Zero" of the Aids epidemic

  27. The Hanafi Hostage Siege in Washington DC

    In March 1977 a group of American Muslims took over 100 people hostage in the US.

  28. Georgia O'Keeffe

    One of the world's most famous female artists died in March 1986.

  29. Mexico Slashes Car Use

    How Mexico City's bold plan helped reduce dangerously high pollution levels.

  30. Kuwaiti Women Secure the Vote

    In 2005 an unprecedented protest by Kuwaiti women won a historic change

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