<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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Cuban Missile Crisis: The photos 2022-10-17
Cesar Chavez’s campaign for farm workers 2022-10-14
Torturing strikers in South Korea 2022-10-12
Disney animators' strike 2022-10-11
UK’s ‘Winter of Discontent’ 2022-10-10
The beginnings of Notting Hill Carnival 2022-10-07
The Harder They Come 2022-10-06
The fall of Slobodan Milosevic 2022-10-05
The release of Gilad Shalit 2022-10-04
The funk and soul club that changed Manchester 2022-10-03
Dassler brothers’ rift 2022-09-30
The raising of the Mary Rose 2022-09-29
Castrating Pablo Escobar's hippos 2022-09-28
The power of Jomo Kenyatta 2022-09-26
Festival of Light 2022-09-23
Iran-Iraq War begins 2022-09-22
The first Pope to visit Africa 2022-09-21
Ancient fossils give new insight 2022-09-20
World War Two child evacuees in Britain 2022-09-19
The last days of Queen Victoria 2022-09-16
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