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Witness History Episodes

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    Kolkata Sex Workers.

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

  2. The Germans Occupy Prague

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

  3. The Russian Empire in Colour

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

  4. The First Russian Revolution of 1917

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

  5. The Aids Patient Zero Myth

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

  6. The Hanafi Hostage Siege in Washington DC

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

  7. Georgia O'Keeffe

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

  8. Mexico Slashes Car Use

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

  9. Kuwaiti Women Secure the Vote

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

  10. WW1: The Two Women of Pervyse

    The story of two British nurses who set up a first aid station on the Western Front

  11. India's Disability Law

    It wasn't until 1995 that disabled people in India were guaranteed rights.

  12. Eleanor Roosevelt

    America's longest-serving First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt

  13. Albania's Economic Chaos

    There was rioting across Albania after pyramid investment schemes collapsed.

  14. The Immortal Cells of Henrietta Lacks

    Cells taken from an African American woman in 1951 revolutionised medical science

  15. Bob Marley Survives Assassination Attempt

    An eye-witness remembers the night gunmen tried to kill the global reggae star.

  16. Mother Teresa - The Nun Who Became A Saint

    In March 1997 Mother Teresa retired from her charity work in India.

  17. Sara Ginaite, Lithuanian Jewish Partisan

    Sara Ginaite escaped from a Jewish ghetto to join communist partisans fighting the Nazis.

  18. Obesity

    In 1997 obesity was first recognised as a global problem by the World Health Organisation

  19. Sanctuary Cities

    How San Francisco became one of the first 'sanctuary cities' in the USA.

  20. The Origin of Nollywood

    The story of the 1992 film which launched Nigeria's hugely successful movie industry

  21. Chairman Mao's Red Guard

    One boy's story of communist fervour in 1960s China.

  22. The Decapitation of the Little Mermaid

    In 1998 someone vandalised the most famous statue in Denmark.

  23. Death in the Amazon

    In January 1956, members of an Amazonian tribe murdered five American missionaries.

  24. Bulgarian Nurses on Trial in Libya

    Valya Chervenyashka was accused of mass murder and tortured in a Libyan jail.

  25. The End of Apartheid

    Adriaan Vlok was in charge of the police in apartheid-era South Africa.

  26. The German American Bund

    In the 1930s, American Nazi sympathisers held rallies and summer camps across the US.

  27. Sexual Harassment in India

    Witness hears from the first woman to bring a case of sexual harassment to trial in India.

  28. The Lost Manuscript of Huckleberry Finn

    In 1990, the manuscript of Mark Twain's classic novel was found in an attic in Hollywood.

  29. Tilikum the Orca

    On this day in 1991 a killer whale called Tilikum drowned one of its trainers.

  30. The Trial of Slobodan Milosevic

    The former Serbian President went on trial for war crimes in 2002. Hear from his lawyers.

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