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Witness History Episodes

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    Riverdance

    Irish dance sensation Riverdance debuted at the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest in Dublin

  2. The Pope in Syria - 2001

    In May 2001 Pope John Paul the Second made a historic visit to Syria

  3. Kim Philby: The Third Man

    In May 1988, the death was announced in Moscow of the English spy Kim Philby.

  4. Escape from the South Atlantic

    In the spring of 1982 Britain and Argentina went to war over the Falkland Islands.

  5. The Imaginary War Heroes

    During World War Two, Soviet propaganda promoted a heroic feat that never happened.

  6. Hitler's Nuclear Programme

    Nazi Germany had a nuclear programme, which could have given Hitler an atomic bomb

  7. The Belfast Blitz

    In 1941, Belfast in Northern Ireland was devastated by German bombing

  8. Ernest Hemingway in Cuba

    Alberto Ramos remembers his time working for the great American novelist in Cuba.

  9. U2 Spy Plane

    In May 1960 Gary Powers was taken captive by the Soviets when his spy plane was shot down

  10. The Salem Witches

    In 1692 nineteen men and women were convicted of witchcraft and executed in America.

  11. The Creation of the Mini

    In 1959 the British Motoring Corporation unveiled a very small new family car - the Mini

  12. The McCarthy Era

    In spring 1950, an American academic was wrongly named as the main Soviet agent in the US

  13. The Funeral of Charles Darwin

    The great English naturalist Charles Darwin is buried at Westminster Abbey in April 1882

  14. Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster

    In April 1986 a reactor exploded at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine

  15. Yves Saint Laurent and Morocco

    In 1966 the great French fashion designer went to Morocco for the first time

  16. Shakespeare's Jubilee

    How actor David Garrick organised the first national celebration of Shakespeare in 1769

  17. Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

    An industrial disaster in New York in 1911 led to huge social reforms.

  18. Fighting for Castro at the Bay of Pigs

    A member of Cuba's communist militia recalls battling US-backed invaders in April 1961

  19. The Harrier in the Falklands War

    A Harrier pilot remembers the air battle over the Falklands in 1982

  20. Haile Selassie In Jamaica

    On 21 April 1966 Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia arrived in Jamaica

  21. The Spanish Republic

    How writers and artists campaigned to bring culture to every corner of 1930s Spain

  22. Executed for Being Too Capitalist

    In 1961, in Soviet Central Asia, 21 managers were executed for using capitalist methods.

  23. The Amritsar Massacre of 1919

    On 13 April 1919, the British Indian Army fired on an unarmed crowd, killing hundreds

  24. The First Starbucks

    In 1971 the first Starbucks coffee shop opened in Seattle.

  25. Angela Merkel

    On April 10 2000, Angela Merkel became the first woman to lead a German political party.

  26. A Japanese Royal Wedding

    In a change to tradition Japan's Crown Prince Akihito married a non-royal, in April 1959.

  27. The Ogaden War

    In 1977 Somalia invaded Ethiopia in an attempt to take control of disputed territory.

  28. Mallory on Everest

    In 1999 the body of legendary British mountaineer, George Mallory, was found on Everest.

  29. Romania's Orphans

    In 1989 news began to emerge of terrible conditions in Romania's orphanages.

  30. The Execution of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto

    On April 4th 1979 Pakistan's first democratically elected Prime Minister was hanged.

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