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    Smallpox Eradication

    Thu 9 Dec 2010

    It was once one of the most feared diseases in the world - disfiguring and often deadly

  • John Lennon

    Wed 8 Dec 2010

    It is exactly 30 years since the former Beatle, John Lennon, was shot dead in New York.

  • Pearl Harbour

    Tue 7 Dec 2010

    The Japanese attack on American ships in Pearl Harbour forced the US into World War II.

  • Somalia Marines

    Mon 6 Dec 2010

    In December 1992 US Marines stormed the beaches of Somalia.

  • Kindertransports

    Fri 3 Dec 2010

    In December 1938 the Kindertransports began, carrying Jewish children to safety in Britain

  • El Salvador killings

    Thu 2 Dec 2010

    On December 2nd 1980 the military in El Salvador killed 3 US nuns, and a layworker.

  • Channel Tunnel

    Wed 1 Dec 2010

    The moment of breakthrough for the Channel Tunnel between Britain and France

  • Tomb of Tutankhamun

    Tue 30 Nov 2010

    In late November 1922 the tomb of the Egyptian pharaoh, Tutankhamun, was uncovered

  • Inca defeat

    Mon 29 Nov 2010

    How the great Inca empire was brought to its knees - almost 500 years ago.

  • Freddie Mercury

    Fri 26 Nov 2010

    The last days of Freddie Mercury battle with Aids

  • Mishima Suicide

    Thu 25 Nov 2010

    Japanese writer, Yukio Mishima's dramatic decision to end his life.

  • Afghan Prison Massacre

    Wed 24 Nov 2010

    The story of the bloody suppression of an uprising by Taliban prisoners in an Afghan jail

  • The Roswell incident

    Mon 22 Nov 2010

    The most famous reported encounter with aliens of our time

  • Piracy Trial

    Thu 18 Nov 2010

    A piracy trial makes history in 19th century America

  • Greek Student Protest 1973

    Wed 17 Nov 2010

    The story of the Greek military junta's brutal suppression of a student protest in 1973

  • The Young Benazir Bhutto

    Tue 16 Nov 2010

    Why did she follow her father into politics?

  • Coventry blitz

    Mon 15 Nov 2010

    It is 70 years since the German bombing of Coventry destroyed much of the UK city.

  • World War I poetry

    Thu 11 Nov 2010

    On 11 November, 1918 the guns of World War I fell silent

  • Barack Obama's Indonesian childhood

    Wed 10 Nov 2010

    As President Obama visits Indonesia, Witness takes you back to his childhood there

  • Blasted

    Tue 9 Nov 2010

    It is 15 years since the play Blasted first shocked theatregoers

  • Suez canal invasion 1956

    Mon 8 Nov 2010

    In November 1956 Britain and France invaded Egypt - to regain control of the Suez canal

  • Burma Elections

    Fri 5 Nov 2010

    What was it like to vote in Burma's last general election in 1990?

  • Rabin Assassination

    Thu 4 Nov 2010

    It is exactly 15 years since the Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated.

  • The Mississippi Burning Case

    Wed 4 Aug 2010

    Three civil rights workers are killed in Mississippi while taking part in Freedom Summer

  • Soweto Uprising

    Wed 16 Jun 2010

    Schoolchildren protest against Afrikaans as the language of instruction in South Africa

  • Petula Clark touches Harry Belafonte's arm

    Fri 9 Apr 2010

    In 1968, when Petula Clark touched Harry Belafonte's arm, it made US TV history

  • Surviving Robben Island

    Thu 11 Feb 2010

    Ahmed Kathrada's time in prison alongside Nelson Mandela on Robben Island, South Africa

  • The Rivonia Trial

    Wed 10 Feb 2010

    In 1964, Nelson Mandela was put on trial for treason with seven other ANC activists

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