<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
How America 'lost' China 2019-06-13
Christo and Jeanne-Claude wrap the Reichstag 2019-06-12
The first anti-psychotic drug 2019-06-11
The end of the war in Kosovo 2019-06-10
The Gurkha soldiers fight for equality 2019-06-07
Broadcasting D-Day 2019-06-06
The Little Prince 2019-06-05
D-Day 2019-06-04
Vikings in York 2019-06-03
Six Degrees - the first online social network 2019-05-31
Behind the scenes on Sesame Street 2019-05-30
Tiananmen Square escape 2019-05-29
Bokassa's massacre of the children 2019-05-28
The death of Jawaharlal Nehru 2019-05-27
The Acid Survivors Foundation 2019-05-24
How environmental campaign group Greenpeace was formed 2019-05-23
Fighting Uganda's anti-gay laws 2019-05-22
The asteroid that killed the dinosaurs 2019-05-21
Walking the Great Wall of China 2019-05-20
Hitler's stolen children 2019-05-17
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