Witness History Episodes Available now
Auto-destructive art
Gustav Metzger and the birth of the radical new art form in the 1960s
The first play on Broadway written by a black woman
'A Raisin in the Sun' by Lorraine Hansberry had an almost exclusively black cast too.
Dennis Tito - the first space tourist
In April 2001 an American multi-millionaire paid Russia to send him into space
Chinese restaurant syndrome
In the 1960's American diners began to worry that Chinese food was making them ill.
The rise of Hindu nationalism
The consolidation of the BJP as one of the major powers in Indian politics.
The man who invented wingsuits
The wingsuit is the ultimate in extreme sports clothing, for BASE jumpers and skydivers
The Amritsar Massacre of 1919
In April 1919 British Indian troops opened fire on protestors in the city of Amritsar
The man who made Marilyn Monroe dance
Choreographer Jack Cole had a huge influence on musical theatre and Hollywood films
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou's iconic memoir, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, was published in 1969
Abolishing the army
Costa Rica dissolved its Armed Forces after a brief civil war in 1948
