Witness History Episodes Available now
The Fall of Paris
In June 1940, most of the residents of Paris fled as German soldiers occupied the city
Smoking and Lung Cancer
It was not until the 1950s that the link was proven between cigarettes and lung cancer
The Eruption of Mount Pinatubo
In 1991 one of the largest volcanic eruptions of recent times occurred in the Philippines
Moral Majority
In June 1979 the Moral Majority was launched and changed the course of American politics
When TV Came to Bhutan
In June 1999 the tiny Himalayan kingdom broadcast its first TV programme
The Battle for Mixed Race Marriage in the US
How a white man and a black woman won the right to marry in America in the 1960s
Iraq's Secret Nuclear Programme
In 1981 Israel destroyed Iraq's nuclear reactor; it began Iraq's secret nuclear programme
Restoring 'The Last Supper'
In 1999 Italian art experts completed an ambitious restoration of da Vinci's masterpiece.
Ritalin
The drug Ritalin was developed in the 1940s - it's now used to treat ADHD.
The Arrest of James Earl Ray
How the man convicted for killing Martin Luther King was detained in London in June 1968.
