Witness History Episodes Available now
Iran hostage crisis
In 1979, Barry Rosen was held hostage after the US embassy in Tehran was stormed
Siegfried and Roy tiger attack
In 2003, illusionist Roy Horn was attacked by a tiger live on stage.
Brazil’s electronic voting
In 1996, an electronic voting system in Brazil was used for the first time
The Ken Burns Effect
In 2002, the 'Ken Burns effect' was created.
Jean Batten: New Zealand’s record breaking aviator
Jean Batten was nicknamed the Queen of the Skies for her pioneering flights of the 1930s
The creation of Greenwich Mean Time
Experiments by John Flamsteed in the 17th Century led to the time zone being created
My dad created Dungeons & Dragons
In 1974, Gary Gygax created the fantasy roleplay game.
Bonga Kwenda: Music banned in Angola and Portugal
Outspoken supporter of Angolan independence, Bonga Kwenda was forced into exile in 1972
Ethiopia's 1984 famine
In 1984, a news report on a famine in Ethiopia led to a global fundraising campaign
I found the first dinosaur remains in Antarctica
In 1986, Argentinian geologist Eduardo Olivero discovered a new kind of Ankylosaurus
