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Witness History Episodes

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    Escape from the KGB

    In July 1985, Oleg Gordievsky, a high-ranking Soviet spy defected to the UK

  2. German Re-Armament

    In the 1930s Hitler began to rebuild Germany's air force.

  3. Red Cross Visits Nazi Concentration Camp

    In 1944 the International Red Cross was allowed into Theresienstadt concentration camp

  4. The Berlin Love Parade

    On 1 July 1989, 150 dancers set off on a demonstration for 'peace, love and pancakes'

  5. Helen Keller

    A childhood illness left Helen Keller deaf and blind - but she still learned to speak

  6. The Filming of Jaws

    It is 40 years since the blockbuster movie about a man-eating shark was released

  7. Save the Whale

    On June 27th 1975 Greenpeace activists launched their first direct action against whalers

  8. James Salter: Writer and Pilot

    The acclaimed American author died on 19 June 2015, aged 90

  9. Communist Yugoslavia breaks with the USSR

    In June 1948 Marshal Tito shocked the world by shunning his former Soviet ally, Stalin.

  10. Air India Flight 182

    On 23 June 1985 a passenger plane was blown out of the sky by Sikh extremists

  11. Britain's First Black Woman MP

    In 1987 Diane Abbott became the first black woman elected to the British Parliament

  12. The Six Day War: A Jewish view

    After the Six Day War in June 1967 Jews in Arab countries like Libya had to flee

  13. Iran's Cultural Revolution

    How Iran's Islamic hardliners shut down universities to drive out secular groups

  14. Gloria Richardson and the Cambridge Civil Rights Movement

    The woman campaigner who became a role model for radical black activists in the USA.

  15. Inter-racial Marriage in South Africa

    In June 1985 the ban on inter-racial marriage in South Africa was finally lifted.

  16. Flying to Freedom

    In June 1970 a group of mainly Jewish dissidents tried to escape from the USSR by plane

  17. The Six Day War: A Palestinian view

    The Six Day War of 1967 between Israel and its Arab neighbours changed the Middle East

  18. The Death of Walter Rodney

    The Guyanese historian and political activist Walter Rodney was killed by a bomb in 1980

  19. Denmark's Inuit Experiment

    In 1951 a group of Inuit children were sent to Denmark for re-education as "little Danes"

  20. Refugee Boat Tragedy

    In June 1988 the US Navy came across a boat of Vietnamese refugees in the South China Sea

  21. Women's Institute at 100

    The British women's organisation set up to revitalise rural communities during WW1

  22. Britain's first referendum on Europe

    In June 1975, Britain held a referendum on its membership of the Common Market

  23. The Eichmann Tapes

    The Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann gave hours of interview before his capture and trial

  24. The Death of Ayatollah Khomeini

    Chaos at the funeral of Iran's leader as millions gathered to mourn his death.

  25. The Golden Gate Bridge

    In early June 1937 San Francisco was celebrating the opening of the Golden Gate Bridge

  26. The Burning of the Jaffna Public Library

    On June 1st 1981, the public library in the Sri Lankan city of Jaffna was set on fire.

  27. The Heysel Stadium Disaster

    Thirty-nine people died during the European Cup Final between Liverpool and Juventus.

  28. The Welsh in Patagonia

    In May 1865 a group of Welsh settlers left Liverpool for Patagonia

  29. Protect and Survive

    In May 1980 the British government published a booklet about how to survive nuclear war

  30. Australia's Rabbit Plague

    How Australia battled a plague of rabbits which was destroying its agricultural economy.

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