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Witness History Episodes

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    Rosalind Franklin DNA Pioneer

    The scientist produced an x-ray photograph in 1951 that helped show the structure of DNA

  2. 1995 Peru-Ecuador Border War

    A former Peruvian army officer recalls the last war between Latin American neighbours.

  3. The End of Apartheid

    In February 1990 the South African president announced the dismantling of apartheid

  4. Battle of Mogadishu: Black Hawk Down

    In 1993, US forces launched a disastrous raid against the Somali warlord, General Aideed

  5. Crossing Antarctica Alone

    Norwegian polar explorer Borge Ousland was the first person to cross Antarctica alone.

  6. Sexual Harassment in India

    The first time a case of sexual harassment came to court in India.

  7. Desert Island Discs at 75

    The story of the BBC's longest-running radio programme.

  8. The 'Aboriginal Tent Embassy'

    On 26 January 1972 four Aboriginal men began a protest about land rights in Australia

  9. Roald Dahl's Charlie and The Chocolate Factory

    Roald Dahl's book, Charlie and The Chocolate Factory, was published in January 1964

  10. The Atocha Lawyers Massacre in Spain

    In early 1977 far-right gunmen killed five people at a law firm in Atocha Street, Madrid

  11. Microwave Ovens

    Microwave ovens for domestic kitchens first became widely available in 1967.

  12. Dungeons and Dragons

    The fantasy role-playing game Dungeons and Dragons launched in January 1974.

  13. Roots - The TV Series

    The epic mini-series about slavery in the USA hit TV screens in January 1977

  14. Dadaab: The World's Largest Refugee Camp

    How one young woman fled war in Somalia to grow up in Kenya's massive refugee camp

  15. The Murder of Journalist Hrant Dink

    The Turkish Armenian journalist was shot dead in January 2007 in front of his office.

  16. The End of El Salvador's Civil War

    A former Salvadoran guerrilla fighter talks about her experience of war and peace.

  17. US Presidential Transitions

    What exactly goes on during the months between election and inauguration?

  18. Princess Diana's Minefield Walk

    How Britain's most famous Royal brought the danger landmines to the world's attention.

  19. Chicago's Police Torture

    A victim of abuse at the hands of the Chicago police tells his story.

  20. The Zimmermann Telegram

    How British code-breakers exposed a German plot against the United States in 1917

  21. Turkey's Headscarf Row

    In 1999 a Turkish woman MP appeared in parliament wearing a headscarf. It caused uproar.

  22. Death in the Amazon

    Auca tribesmen killed five American missionaries in the jungle in January 1956.

  23. Albania's Economic Chaos

    How the collapse of 'pyramid' investment schemes caused riots in Albania in 1977

  24. Charter 77

    In January 1977 an opposition movement began in Soviet-era Czechoslovakia.

  25. Vietnam War: The Cu Chi Tunnels

    A Vietnamese war veteran on life in the Viet Cong's tunnel network in South Vietnam

  26. America's First Communists

    Husband and wife Bert and Ella Wolfe faced persecution in the movement's early years

  27. Russia's 'Dog Man'

    How conceptual artist Oleg Kulik posed as a dog, attacking passers-by in Moscow.

  28. The Launch of Vogue Russia

    Aliona Doletskaya remembers starting post Soviet-Russia's biggest glossy fashion magazine

  29. The Nuclear Legacy

    The story of how the world was made safe from the former Soviet Union's nuclear legacy

  30. Georgia In Crisis

    After the breakup of the Soviet Union, Georgia found itself on the verge of civil war.

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