BBC World Service - Witness History

Anthrax Attacks

In Sept 2001 letters were sent to journalists containing the biological agent Anthrax

In September 1993 a peace agreement was signed between Israel and the Palestinians

The disappearance of the remains in 1955 of Evita Peron, the revered Argentine first lady

In 1983, Lt Robert Goodman was captured while attacking Syrian positions in Lebanon.

Four young black girls were killed in a racist bombing in Birmingham, Alabama, USA

In 1973 PM Indira Gandhi launched a campaign to save the Bengal Tiger from extinction

On September 11th 1973, Gen Augusto Pinochet ousted the socialist government in Chile

In December 1983, a US airman was shot down while attacking Syrian forces in Lebanon

In September 1971 prisoners in a high security jail in the US rose up against their guards

In September 1973 General Pinochet launched a coup in Chile. Ariel Dorfman was there.