Witness History Episodes Available now
Discovering the Titanic
In September 1985, the wreck of the lost ship was discovered during a joint expedition
John Lennon's final headline concerts
In 1972, John Lennon and Yoko Ono performed at the One to One benefit concerts in the US
The making of the Third Man: A film noir classic
In 1948, filming began in Austria on one of the greatest British films of all time
Washington DC’s Mount Pleasant riot
In 1991, rioting broke out in the US capital after a police officer shot a Salvadoran man
Creating CAPTCHA
In 2000, the Completely Automated Public Turing test was introduced as a security tool
The creation of the International Criminal Court
The world's first permanent International Criminal Court was created in 1998
Geneva Conventions
In 1864, Henry Dunant came up with a treaty to protect those injured in wartime
The rise and fall of BlackBerry
In the early 2000s, BlackBerry was the phone that ruled the world
The book that changed Norway’s view of immigrants
Maria Amelie's 2010 book triggered a change to Norway's immigration regulations
One man’s escape from McCarthyism
In 1951, a US soldier defected to the Soviet Union during the anti-communist crackdown
