Witness History Episodes Available now
The Unified Korean Table Tennis Team
How ping pong brought together athletes from bitter rivals North and South Korea.
The GI Who Chose China
After the Korean war ended a few American prisoners chose to try life under communism.
The Beginning of the Korean War
North Korean communist troops invaded South Korea on 25 June 1950.
Korea Divided
The Korean peninsula was split between North and South at the end of World War Two.
The Execution of Adolf Eichmann
Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann was executed in the early hours of June 1st 1962
The Death of General Sani Abacha
Nigeria's military ruler died suddenly in June 1998.
The 1968 Belgrade Student Revolt
In June 1968, students in Belgrade rebelled against Yugoslavia's 'market socialism'
The Assassinaton Attempt that Sparked a Middle East War
In 1982, a Palestinian gunman attacked the Israeli ambassador to London, Shlomo Argov
Couch to 5K
The birth of the running programme that got millions off their sofas and out jogging
Lyuba the Baby Mammoth
How a herdsman found the perfectly preserved body of a 42,000-year-old baby mammoth.
