Witness History Episodes Available now
The World's Most Valuable T-Rex
Peter Larson tells us how his team discovered the most complete T-Rex fossil in the world
The Great Iraqi Defection
In 1995 two of the Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's son-in-laws defected to Jordan.
Singapore Independence
Singapore leaves the Federation of Malaysia and becomes an independent sovereign state
The Bombing of Hiroshima
A Japanese schoolgirl tells her story of surviving the US nuclear attack on Hiroshima
The Plot to Kill Iranian Writers
In August 1996 in Iran, there was a plot to kill 21 writers on a bus jouney to Armenia
First Cochlear Implant
In August 1978 an Australian doctor successfully fitted a multi-channel cochlear implant.
Afghanistan's First Coup
In July 1973 military officers staged a coup which toppled the monarchy in Afghanistan
Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho
In August 1960 the controversial Oscar-nominated psychological thriller was released
First Inter-racial Kiss on TV
In July 1964, a white actor and a black actress, kissed, live, on a British TV show
Scouts in the Warsaw Uprising
On 1 August 1944, the Warsaw Uprising against the Nazi occupation of Poland began
