<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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Title Date published
The slaves who defeated Napoleon 2020-12-02
France's Muslim headscarf ban 2020-12-02
Iraq's pioneering feminist 2020-12-01
How Ethiopian rebels took power in 1991 2020-11-30
The fight for disabled rights in the UK 2020-11-27
Rwanda at the Paralympics 2020-11-26
India's campaign for disability rights 2020-11-25
Britain's little blue disability car 2020-11-24
Helen Keller 2020-11-23
When the Egyptian president went to Israel 2020-11-20
Our Bodies, Ourselves 2020-11-19
America's WW2 refugee camp 2020-11-18
The world's first woman premier 2020-11-17
Captured by Somali pirates 2020-11-16
The 'good enough' mother 2020-11-13
When Pluto lost its planet status 2020-11-12
World War One in Africa 2020-11-11
Makaton - the signing system that changes lives 2020-11-10
The Guerrilla Girls 2020-11-09
The church that rose from the rubble 2020-11-06
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