Witness History Episodes Available now
Shakespeare's Jubilee
How actor David Garrick organised the first national celebration of Shakespeare in 1769
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
An industrial disaster in New York in 1911 led to huge social reforms.
Fighting for Castro at the Bay of Pigs
A member of Cuba's communist militia recalls battling US-backed invaders in April 1961
The Harrier in the Falklands War
A Harrier pilot remembers the air battle over the Falklands in 1982
Haile Selassie In Jamaica
On 21 April 1966 Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia arrived in Jamaica
The Spanish Republic
How writers and artists campaigned to bring culture to every corner of 1930s Spain
Executed for Being Too Capitalist
In 1961, in Soviet Central Asia, 21 managers were executed for using capitalist methods.
The Amritsar Massacre of 1919
On 13 April 1919, the British Indian Army fired on an unarmed crowd, killing hundreds
The First Starbucks
In 1971 the first Starbucks coffee shop opened in Seattle.
Angela Merkel
On April 10 2000, Angela Merkel became the first woman to lead a German political party.
