Witness History Episodes Available now
The birth of reggaeton
In the 1980s, Leonardo Renato Aulder pioneered a movement in Panama with his friends
The handover of the Panama Canal
In 1999 the Panama Canal was handed over from US to Panamanian rule.
The Purple Heart Warriors
In WW2, a Japanese American troop was one of the most decorated army units in US history
'I organised the Cuban thaw'
On 17 December 2014, Barack Obama and Raúl Castro normalised Cuba and US relations
Castro's Cuban revolution attempt
In 1953, Fidel Castro attempted to revolutionise Cuba by attacking military barracks
India’s 1998 nuclear tests
Nalini Malani made an artwork protesting against India's nuclear tests
Julia Gillard speaks out on sexism
In 2012, Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard made a landmark speech on misogyny
The ‘Three Marias’
In 1974, a judge decided if three Portuguese women should be jailed for writing a book
The discovery that led to Covid vaccines
In 2005, Dr Katalin Karikó published research that eventually won her the Nobel Prize
Gloria Steinem: The start of Ms. Magazine
In 1972, Gloria Steinem co-founded Ms. Magazine in the United States
