<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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Scoring a victory for women's rights in Turkey 2020-08-13
Beirut's Hotel War 2020-08-12
Bremen’s Elephant Statue 2020-08-11
Radar and World War Two 2020-08-10
The atomic bombs dropped on Japan 2020-08-06
The battle of Midway 2020-08-05
The internment of Japanese Americans 2020-08-04
The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor 2020-08-03
The death of Heinrich Himmler 2020-07-31
Benidorm and the birth of package tourism 2020-07-30
Adrift for 76 days 2020-07-29
Australia's 'Black Saturday' bushfires 2020-07-28
The writer who put Latinos centre stage 2020-07-27
The fastest vaccine ever developed 2020-07-24
The first safe house for Afghan women 2020-07-23
The struggle to save Borneo's rainforests 2020-07-22
The Million Man March 2020-07-21
The man who tried to kill Hitler 2020-07-20
South Korea's 1980s prison camps 2020-07-17
The scandal of Liverpool's missing Chinese sailors 2020-07-16
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