Witness History Episodes Available now
The Building of the Berlin Wall
On 13 August 1961, East German soldiers and construction workers began the Berlin Wall
Napster
It is 10 years since the closure of the world's first music-sharing website - Napster
Expulsion of the Chagos Islanders
A Chagos Islander talks of Britain's expulsion of his people from their homeland.
Wayne Gretzky
He was a Canadian sporting superstar but in 1988 he was sold to an American team
Britain's first nudist beach
In August 1979 the seaside town of Brighton decided to open a nudist beach
Exodus of Asians from Uganda
In 1972 the dictator Idi Amin announced that all Asians had 90 days to leave Uganda
The Voyage of the Kon-Tiki
In 1947 a Norwegian adventurer sailed across the Pacific on a wooden raft
Bologna bomb
In August 1980 a huge bomb destroyed much of Bologna railway station in Italy
Peace Activist Samantha Smith
A child dreams of world peace and writes a letter to the leader of the Soviet Union
MTV turns 30
It is 30 years since the launch of the first 24 hour music TV channel
