Witness History Episodes Available now
British Miners' Strike
In March 1984, coal miners across the UK went on strike over planned pit closures
The Maharishi's World Tour
In spring 1959, an Indian guru toured the world teaching Transcendental Meditation.
The Assassination of Benigno Aquino
In 1983, the Philippines opposition leader was shot dead on his return from exile.
Hugo Chavez's First Coup
Left-leaning army officers staged an unsuccessful coup in Venezuela in February 1992
The Downfall of Jean-Bertrand Aristide
In February 2004 the president of Haiti was forced out of power by a countrywide uprising
The Khrushchev Thaw
In the 1950s Soviet citizens were allowed to buy tape recorders for the first time.
Stalin's 1944 Deportations
How nearly half a million Chechen and Ingush people were deported from the North Caucasus
The Exile of Solzhenitsyn
In February 1974, Russia's most famous dissident writer was sent into exile in the West.
Protests for the Mother Tongue
In February 1952 thousands marched in Dhaka in defence of the Bengali language
The Fall of Albania's Enver Hoxha
In February 1991 protesters pulled down the giant statue of Albania's communist dictator.
