Witness History Episodes Available now
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Arrested for playing football in Brazil
For nearly 40 years, women in Brazil were banned from playing football
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Italy's 'poison ships'
In 1988, a ship carrying toxic waste arrived in Manfredonia, Italy
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The 1968 Mexico City massacre
The massacre in Mexico City in October 1968, 10 days before the Olympics
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The day Celia Cruz returned to Cuba
Cuban salsa singer Celia Cruz's only return to the island in 43 years of exile.
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How the air fryer was invented
In 2006, Dutch inventor Fred van der Weij cooked up an idea for a new kitchen device
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Conservative wipe-out in Canada
In Canada's 1993 election, the governing party was routed, ending up with just two seats
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Fight the Power: The song that became an anthem of protest
In 1989, Public Enemy provided the soundtrack for Spike Lee's movie, Do The Right Thing
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Georgia鈥檚 political crisis
In 1991, the newly independent country found itself on the verge of a civil war
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Executed in Stalin鈥檚 Great Terror in Georgia
In the 1930s, Soviet leader Joseph Stalin executed hundreds of thousands without trial
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Subway Art: The graffiti bible
In 1984, Henry Chalfant and Martha Cooper released an iconic photography book