<p>Eye-witness accounts brought to life by archive. Witness History is for those fascinated by the past. We take you to the events that have shaped our world through the eyes of the people who were there. For nine minutes every day, we take you back in time and all over the world, to examine wars, coups, scientific discoveries, cultural moments and much more. </p><p>Recent episodes explore everything from football in Brazil, the history of the ‘Indian Titanic’ and the invention of air fryers, to Public Enemy’s Fight The Power, subway art and the political crisis in Georgia. We look at the lives of some of the most famous leaders, artists, scientists and personalities in history, including: visionary architect Antoni Gaudi and the design of the Sagrada Familia; Michael Jordan and his bespoke Nike trainers; Princess Diana at the Taj Mahal; and Görel Hanser, manager of legendary Swedish pop band Abba on the influence they’ve had on the music industry. You can learn all about fascinating and surprising stories, such as the time an Iraqi journalist hurled his shoes at the President of the United States in protest of America’s occupation of Iraq; the creation of the Hollywood commercial that changed advertising forever; and the ascent of the first Aboriginal MP.</p>

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‘The disappeared’ of Argentina 2023-12-07
A Greek coup: The day the colonels took power 2023-12-06
Thousands of Danish brains in plastic buckets 2023-12-05
La Haine: The film that shocked France 2023-12-04
World's first solar-heated home 2023-12-01
Tanzania adopts Swahili to unite the country 2023-11-30
Cameroon’s mysterious lake deaths 2023-11-29
The bird that defied extinction 2023-11-28
Cabbage Patch Kids 2023-11-27
The Mumbai attacks 2023-11-24
The Paris heatwave 2023-11-23
Kennedy’s nail-biter election victory 2023-11-22
The invention of bubble tea 2023-11-21
The independence of Zambia 2023-11-20
Discovering the ancient city of Thonis-Heracleion 2023-11-17
The Bolivian Water War 2023-11-16
Rosalind Franklin: DNA pioneer 2023-11-15
Eyjafjallajökull: The volcano that stopped a continent 2023-11-14
The invention of the EpiPen 2023-11-13
The hippo and the tortoise 2023-11-10
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